Asian-American women dealing with depression.ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN are more likely than any other group to contemplate suicide, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent University of Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. study. And this likelihood increases the longer they've they've Contraction of they have. they've have lived in the U.S. Roughly 16 percent of U.S.-born Asian women have contemplated suicide in their lifetime, and about 6 percent of U.S.-born Asian women said they had tried to kill themselves, exceeding the national average. Researchers drew data from the National Latino and Asian-American Study and interviews with nearly 2,100 young Asian adults. They found that Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. and Filipinos reported the highest rates of suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. thoughts. It is still unclear why the rates increase with the number of years spent in the U.S. But they found immigrants' health weakens as they adopt American behaviors that are less healthy than those in their homeland. "It is important for service providers, as well as policymakers, to know that U.S.-born Asian-Americans, particularly the second generation, are at high risk for mental health problems and suicidal behavior," said Aileen Duldulao, senior author of the study. |
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