Posted on 12/14/2022 3:24:18 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Black women with symptoms of depression more often report sleep disturbances, self-criticism, and irritability than stereotypical symptoms such as depressed mood, according to a new study.
"Based on our findings, it's possible that health care providers may miss depression symptoms in Black women, resulting in underdiagnosis and undertreatment," said Nicole Perez, Ph.D., RN.
Depression is diagnosed based on symptoms that patients report during an evaluation by a health provider. Common symptoms include low mood, loss of interest in activities, changes in appetite or sleep, and feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness.
But symptoms of depression can vary from one person to the next—and there are more than 1,500 possible combinations of symptoms that meet criteria for a depressive disorder.
Moreover, research has been predominantly conducted in white people, increasing the chances that depression will be missed among minority populations.
The researchers analyzed data from Black women who were screened for depression as part of the Intergenerational Impact of Psychological and Genetic Factors on Blood Pressure (InterGEN) study, a study to understand high blood pressure.
Black women with greater depressive symptoms were more likely to report somatic symptoms (e.g. fatigue, insomnia, decreased libido) and self-critical symptoms (e.g. self-hate, self-blame) than stereotypical depression symptoms such as feelings of hopelessness or depressed mood. They also reported experiencing anhedonia (an inability to experience pleasure) and irritability.
While the researchers caution that the results cannot be generalized to all Black women, given that the study participants were younger and had relatively low levels of depression, their findings demonstrate the heterogeneity in depression symptoms and need for screening tools that account for this variation. Notably, symptoms experienced by Black women may not be adequately assessed in clinical practice using standard screening tools, especially those that focus on feeling depressed without addressing somatic and self-critical symptoms.
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I would tend to think this is environmentally or circumstantially produced, and not genetic, though. Culture matters.
They’re still trying to figure out why black American men flee the women of their race.
“I would tend to think this is environmentally or circumstantially produced, and not genetic, though. Culture matters.”
I would tend to agree with you. I think it is cultural.
IOW...depression,like math and 10 million other things...is racist.
You talkin’ ‘bout me, cracka?
I was going to guess the restaurant was out of appetizers, so there you have it. Depression.
My take away is doctors need to do their freaking job. They are overlooking a major medical condition and they need to start observing it.
Decades ago I read that black women had the LOWEST suicide rate of any group in the country. At the time, and probably still, they were the poorest demographic.
...something to think about.
Women and minorities once again hardest hit. I think the entire world will implode if they succeed in getting rid of cis white men as they are the only people on earth immune from the effects of literally everything
It probably starts when they realize how many damn fools they made baby daddies out of
well she depresses me so it must be infectious
What the hell is this ‘cis’ white male business???
Do they mean straight white male? And if they do why don’t they just say straight white male?
This ‘CIS’ business came from where? it sounds so faggy
Organic chemistry.
The article uppercases black while lowercasing White, making the article racist and worthless.
True story: a few years back we went to South Africa to visit game parks.We joined a photo safari group that included a brain researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. During the day we toured Kruger National Park and at night we sat around the fire eating and talking. Marten was the center of attention and he told us fascinating stories about his work. At one point he told us "scientists know more about the surface of the moon than they know about the human brain".
Yes,that’s the trend....capitalize “black”. There’s
absolutely no reason to capitalize either. And doing one but not the other can surely be seen as a sign of disdain.
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