Health and Fitness

African Americans and Latinos are More Likely to be at Risk for Depression than Whites

Depression in African Amerticans
(Source: Huffington Post)
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2018
Contact: Rebecca Newton

A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine (link is external)shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely to experience serious depression than Whites, but chronic stress does not seem to explain these differences. Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) was the senior author of the study, which…

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