The portrayal of depression in the three most popular English-language Black-American magazines in the USA: Ebony, Essence, and Jet.
OBJECTIVE\: To examine how depression is portrayed within a specific racialized group.


METHODS
Manifest and latent content analysis of the three highest circulating magazines directed toward Black-American readers, Essence, Ebony, and Jet, from 2000 to 2007.


RESULTS
The findings demonstrate ambiguity and contradictions about depression's meaning and incidence, as well as the availability, accessibility, and suitability of medical treatment. All of these are linked to racialized identities among Black Americans.


CONCLUSIONS
Magazine portrayal of depression in these magazines can only be understood in the context of experienced racism, oppression, and ethnic identity among Blacks.
Clarke
Juanne N
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Department of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. jclarke@wlu.ca
D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011287:Prejudice; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology