What does intergenerational trauma and healing look like for Black women?

Health and Healing Dealing with Trauma and Addictions · Oct 31, 2025 · 18m

Health risk of trauma and racism:

Black women who experience racism experience trauma-like effects and are at higher risk for future health problems. Women of color who have experienced more racism throughout their lives have stronger brain responses to threat, which may hurt their long-term health, according to a new study conducted with a clinical neuropsychologist and others.

Although research has consistently demonstrated that the chronic stress of racism can get under the skin and leave a biological residue of enduring health consequences for Americans of color over time, little research…