The VA Just Bet on Psychedelics for PTSD. As a Combat Veteran, Here’s What I Actually Want to Know.
A new HHS-VA partnership will fast-track research into psychedelic-assisted therapy for PTSD, potentially reaching over a million veterans. Marcus Hart, a combat veteran, weighs the promise against the questions the announcement doesn’t answer.
The Black Men Choosing Therapy Over Silence – And Why That’s the Real Story This Summer
From Louisville to Atlanta, Black men are filling conference rooms to talk openly about mental health for the first time in their lives. Marcus Hart on why this quiet cultural shift matters more than any awareness-month hashtag – and what’s still standing in the way.
It’s BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. The Data on Black Veterans Should Scare Us Into Action.
Black veterans deployed in combat develop PTSD at 22%, compared to 14.1% for white veterans — and face steeper barriers to care. Marcus Hart, a combat veteran himself, on what’s actually driving that gap and what community-level solutions look like beyond another awareness month.
The VA and HHS Just Announced a Psychedelic Therapy Partnership for Veterans. Black Veterans Should Read the Fine Print.
A new federal partnership will fast-track research into psychedelic treatments for veteran PTSD. That’s genuinely promising — and it lands on top of a documented racial gap in care that no new drug pipeline fixes by itself.
Washington Just Fast-Tracked Psychedelic Therapy for Veterans. Black Vets Should Read the Fine Print.
HHS and the VA signed a five-year deal to prepare for FDA-approved psychedelic treatments for veteran PTSD. Marcus Hart on why this could be real progress — and why access equity has to be built in now, not bolted on later.
The VA Says Suicide Screening Rates Are at a Record High. So Is the Suicide Rate. Both Things Are True.
The VA is screening more veterans for suicide risk than ever before — and the veteran suicide rate still ticked up to its highest level since 2018. Marcus Hart, a combat veteran himself, unpacks why better screening and worse outcomes can both be true at once, and what the data says actually saves lives.
The Black Men’s Mental Health Movement Is Finally Building Infrastructure, Not Just Awareness
A wave of Black Men’s Mental Health Conferences and a new Jed Foundation partnership with Alpha Phi Alpha suggest this Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is different — Marcus Hart looks at what’s actually being built.
The Silent Epidemic Among Black Men Isn’t New — What’s New Is Who’s Finally Talking About It
Deaths of despair among Black Americans nearly tripled in under a decade, and only a handful of the country’s mental health providers are Black. During Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Marcus Hart looks at why the crisis stayed invisible for so long — and what’s actually starting to change it.