ASHAKI Interview - The Browners

Описание: Ashaki definition:
Beautiful / Handsome, A person of power and leadership. You grow strength demonstrating wise qualities of counsel, management, harmony, and unification.

Photoshoots for the Ashaki Model Series was created in association with The Davis Project.

In this series, we photograph the faces of depression.

In the U.S., about 15 million people experience depression each year. The majority of them are women. Unfortunately, nearly two-thirds do not get the help they need. Contrary to popular belief, clinical depression is not a “normal part of being a woman” nor is it a “female weakness.” Depressive illnesses are serious medical illnesses that affect more than 19 million American adults age 18 and over each year. Depression is a treatable medical illness that can occur in any woman, at any time, and for various reasons regardless of age, race or income.

Although men are more likely than women to die by suicide, women report attempting suicide approximately twice as often as men.

· More than one-half of women believe it is “normal” for a woman to be depressed during menopause and that treatment is not necessary.

· More than one-half of women believe depression is a “normal part of aging.”

· More than one-half believe it is normal for a mother to feel depressed for at least two weeks after giving birth.

· More than one-half of women cited denial as a barrier to treatment while 41% of women surveyed cited embarrassment or shame as barriers to treatment.

· In general, over one-half of the women said they think they “know” more about depression than men do.

Black women are among the most undertreated groups for depression in the nation, which can have serious consequences for the African-American community. Because mental health is a taboo subject in the African-American community, Black people are less likely than other groups to even acknowledge it as a serious problem.