login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Experts Concerned Over Rise in Depression Rates Among US Hispanic Women
"If you control for socio-economic factors, Latinos have the same rate of depression as other population groups, but since Latinos are usually poorer, they have higher rates of depression," Sarah Huertas-Goldman of the University of Puerto Rico told AFP at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting.
"It's because they are poor, with all the stresses that brings," she said.
Hispanic female teens in the United States were the group most likely to seriously contemplate suicide, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control.
Nearly a quarter of Latina teens had considered suicide, compared with around 17 percent of teens overall, the report showed.
According to Natalie Weder of Yale University's psychiatry department, 53 percent of Mexican-American women suffer post-partum depression -- five times more than the average rate among women in the United States for major depression after birth.
"In Latin America, you don't have a baby alone. You have grandmothers, aunts, godmothers to help you.
"You have longer maternity leave than here, and less financial pressure for the mother to return to work to help the father, who is probably working countless hours to keep his family alive," Weder told AFP.
"It's all a huge stress and it increases depression," she said.
|
|
|
More News on: Adolescence Depression, Depression, Stress Relief Through Alternative Medicine, Andropause / Male Menopause, Pregnancy and Complications, Bereavement, Holistic Management for Depression, Tourette Syndrome, Dealing with Menopause symptoms through lifestyle changes, Tired All The Time
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
|
|
 | Quiz on Depression Depressed people talk of suicide. Should you press the panic button or seek medical help? What are the symptoms of depression? Why do we get depressed? To find out take this quiz on depression. 
|
- News Quick Links
 |
Depression
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Report: A Lot of Americans Have No Access to Health Care |
| » | Greece Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Health Care Access Declines in EU, Doctors Group Warns |
| » | HCCI Report Says Rising Prices for Care Responsible for Increased Healthcare Costs for Privately Insured Americans |
| » | Treatment in ED is Based on Children's Insurance Status |
| » | US Spends Most on Healthcare Without Providing Superior Care |
| More Insurance News | |
|
