Racism and Policing Matters-A USA Public Health Emergency ?

Sometimes, investigators try to put together pieces of puzzles to crack a case.Today, one big case is that of Racism and Police Brutality against Blacks in the USA. Many literary pieces have been written on the subjects.Some action-oriented results have occurred. Today's question is whether today's brand of Racism and Police Brutality in the United States rise to the level of a Public Health Emergency affecting all US citizens? Two examples of public health emergencies are the current concern about the Zika virus and the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Liberia. Swift and decisive action was taken by the medical community and public health officials.A related question is whether Racism and Police Brutality ( both with a longstanding history of state-sponsored discriminatory legislation, the socio-cultural tradition of perpetuation of racist attitudes in racist families and communities and other US Institutions )affect the health and well-being of Black US citizens ? It is well known that blacks have been susceptible to developing hypertension and diabetes (for a number of documented reasons). There seems to be some data on Blacks' susceptibility to becoming victims of racism and police brutality simply because of their skin color.What appears to be missing from the classification of DSM V Mental Disorders is a diagnosis of victim of racism or police brutality and more alarming is the non-inclusion of 'Racism' as a Mental Health Disorder, that specifies 'Perpetrator of Racism' .Diagnoses have signs and symptoms, course of illness,course of evidence- based treatment, prognosis and more. Some even have associated legally- mandated reporter requirements ( e.g. in the incidence of suspicion of child abuse or duty to warn requirements if someone may be potential victims of a patients' intention to do them harm). With the promised overhaul of the US Criminal Justice System and the revision of "police use of force" policies, will they include revamping the mental health communities clinical diagnostic nosology approaches to the problems ? Generations of Black families have systematically physically and emotionally suffered if not died outright from Racist activities in the United States.The diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder does not even come close to addressing the magnitude of the problems endured.Paradoxically, black military veterans and currently active black police officers can simultaneously become both perpetrators and victims of a currently unhealthy and volatile police recruitment,selection, training,enforcement, supervision and discipline system that must work within a healthy and fair criminal justice system. Read the following websites and formulate your own opinion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/police_brutality_in_the_United_States