Depression And Ethnicity

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For this research, I will be looking into how depression is viewed and handled in the United States within different ethnicity groups. Additional areas of research around main research question include the different models of depression, the different social support systems available to each ethnicity group, and what sort of public policies or governmental resources are available for those who are affected by any sort of mental disorder. The sources that will be used are primary sources from different psychology and medical journals such as Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology and textbooks such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition. The types of analysis that will be used are a literature review

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