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The outbreak that was always here: Racial trauma in the context of COVID-19 and implications for mental health providers.

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (2025) 12(5) 439-442
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000784
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The present commentary offers a timely exploration of the racial trauma experienced by Asian, Black, and Latinx communities as it relates to COVID-19. Instances of individual, cultural, and structural racism and implications for mental health are discussed. Evidence-based strategies are identified for mental health professionals in order to support healing and mitigate the risk of further racial traumas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

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Liu, S. R., & Modir, S. (2025). The outbreak that was always here: Racial trauma in the context of COVID-19 and implications for mental health providers. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(5), 439–442. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000784

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