Abstract
Oppression, aggression and violence are practices that affect the mental health of the target person. Racism, the belief that some races are superior to others, which justifies inequalities among groups, is a form of oppression, aggression and violence. The general objective of this systematic review was to find in the Brazilian scientific literature studies on the impact of racism on mental health of the black population in Brazil; the secondary objective was to verify the contributions of psychology to this topic. Searches, carried out in SciELO and Lilacs platforms, returned 509 articles, that were filtered according to criteria of interest. Nineteen articles were considered relevant for analysis, even if they did not deal exclusively with the impact of racism on mental health. It was found that this subject has low academic production in Brazil, low contribution from Psychology and even less, or none, from other disciplines related to the CAPS (Psychosocial Assistance Centers), public agencies for mental health care requested mainly by low income black population dependent on public health services.
Racism; Mental Health; Black Population; Blacks; Brazil
