Breaking Pita With Zee

'I Don't Need Help': Taking on Arab Mental Health Stigma

November 25, 2019 Zahra Huber Season 1 Episode 11
Breaking Pita With Zee
'I Don't Need Help': Taking on Arab Mental Health Stigma
Show Notes

In this season finale, host Zahra Huber sits down with Abdul El-Sayed, a former health director for the Detroit Health Department, to talk about mental health -- or the lack of it -- in the Arab-American communities. The two talked about why there's such a stigma surrounding mental illness and getting help, as well as what we can do as a community to change that.