FACTS ABOUT BLACK WOMEN AND DEPRESSION
We are undervalued by society
• We are often burdened by family responsibilities
• We have the lowest rates of suicide
• We have the highest rates of depression, diabetes, heart disease, HIV, and obesity
• Many of us believe DEPRESSION is a necessary condition of life
• We tend to rely on our family, the community, and our church during periods of emotional stress
• We seek mental health care less than white women
• When we do seek it, it is later in life and at the later stages of our illness
MORE FACTS
• We don’t see depression as a disease
• We don’t seek help because of the stigma attached to it
• We view being depressed and seeking therapy as being weak
• We don’t talk about our depression, because we don’t want to be vulnerable and thought of as crazy.
• We are more likely to seek church and prayer rather than therapy
• Single white women and black women are more susceptible in living in poverty than white men
We are undervalued by society• We are often burdened by family responsibilities
• We have the lowest rates of suicide
• We have the highest rates of depression, diabetes, heart disease, HIV, and obesity
• Many of us believe DEPRESSION is a necessary condition of life
• We believe depression must be endured
• We tend to rely on our family, the community, and our church during periods of emotional stress
• We seek mental health care less than white women
• When we do seek it, it is later in life and at the later stages of our illness
MORE FACTS
• We don’t see depression as a disease
• We don’t seek help because of the stigma attached to it
• We view being depressed and seeking therapy as being weak
• We don’t talk about our depression, because we don’t want to be vulnerable and thought of as crazy.
• We are more likely to seek church and prayer rather than therapy
• Single white women and black women are more susceptible in living in poverty than white men
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