{"id":92,"date":"2022-04-06T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2022-05-20T17:40:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:40:53","slug":"depression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

Depression:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Depression is a <\/span>real <\/span>mental illness. According to the <\/span><\/span>World Health Organization <\/span><\/span>approximately 280 million people in the world have depression. The U.S, the <\/span><\/span>National Institute of Mental Health<\/span><\/span> estimated in 2020, 21 million adults will have at least one major depressive episode. <\/span>These statistics<\/span> have also shown that depression varies amongst <\/span>diverse groups<\/span> of people whether that be because of location, gender, sex, nationality, or race. <\/span><\/span>According to Mental Health America 19% of people who identify as Native American or Alaskan Native have reported having a mental illness in the past year.\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photo Credits: SunnyRose Eaton)<\/em><\/p>\n

To learn more about depression, visit these websites where they have explanations of what it is, how to <\/span>identify<\/span> depression, how to get treatment, and more.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n