Healthy Hispanics
Facts of Life
A new study published in the current issue of the Journal of Epidemiology Community Health suggests that Mexican-Americans are less prone to depression than other ethnic groups. Why? Because their priorities are typically family, spirituality and religion, says Dora Wang of the University of New Mexico. These priorities, she told the Associated Press, “seem to lend balance to stress in their lives and uplift their spirits.”
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 29 Register illustration by Tim Rauch
