DEPRESSION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY


DEPRESSION
Like many of theestimated 19 million Americanssuffering from some form of depression,Shanice Watsondidn’t realize the crippling mental disorder had grabbed a hold of her until her world began falling apart. Once a six-figure corporate executive with an apartment in the heart of New York City, Watson has had to get by on mostly unemployment insurance since she found herself jobless in the wake of Wall Street’s collapse two years ago—her savings, IRA funds and other rainy-day accounts all but dried up.

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