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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you're biracial, right?

Those who report being two or more races have higher mental illness rates than monoracial people.

[img]http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/images/NSDUH-SMI-Adults-FINAL-490.jpg[/img][/quote]

Oh, the eternal misuse of stats. First, those stats are far less than 100%, hence possess very little predictive power. Second, according to that chart, women in general should be really concerned about depression, more than bi-racial people. Except, wait, wasn't it men more prone to commit suicide?

OP, just enjoy that smoothie..[/quote]

Could you clarify your point for me?

Not everyone who has a mental illness commits suicide. In fact, for me the chart provokes interesting questions wrt to race and gender. Men are less likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness, but they are much more likely to commit suicide. Perhaps that speaks to better coping mechanisms of women. Women are often expected to be everything to everyone- that can be very stressful- but because women are accustomed to this, they can handle that stress better. Maybe it's the same wrt race and white men's very high rates and black women's very low rates. An interesting instersectionality of race, gender, and privilege.[/quote]

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