Summary Of Urban Versus Rural Residence & The Prevalence Of Depression & Mood Disorder Among African-American Women & Non-Hispanic White Women
Introduction
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is thought to be one of the most debilitating mental illnesses in the United States.[i] While research on MDD is voluminous there are specific populations that are under studied, such as African-American women and non-Hispanic white women in urban and rural settings. Researchers at the University of Michigan set out to examine whether a women’s race/ethnicity and urban versus rural location has an effect on lifetime and 12-month prevalence of MDD and mood disorder.
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