The movie, "12 Years A Slave" provides a historical context for understanding Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome as well as the disproportionate numbers of African Americans in the following US system: Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health and Special Education.

1. 12 YEARS A SLAVE
African American Mental Health

2. A HISTORICAL CONTEXT
•Cultural Identity
•Diversity of the Workforce
•Social Service Case Management
HEALTH INEQUALITIES
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3. CREATED PSYCHIATRIC
DISORDERS
•Drapetomania and Dysaethesia
Aethiopis
CURE
•Severe Beating, Lynching, Castration,
Chopped Off Foot
DESIRE FOR FREEDOM
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4. Jonathan M. Metzl
“THE PROTEST
PSYCHOSIS”
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5. CHILD WELFARE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
JUVENILE JUSTICE
MENTAL HEALTH
SPECIAL EDUCATION
THE LEGACY OF
ENSLAVEMENT
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6. CHILD WELFARE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
JUVENILE JUSTICE
MENTAL HEALTH
SPECIAL EDUCATION
THE LEGACY OF
ENSLAVEMENT
Fragile Families NETWORK 2014