News Release

Detroit’s Black Male Depression

University of Detroit Mercy African American Studies, Student Life, the Psychology Clinic and Women’s and Gender Studies are hosting University of Michigan Public Health professor, Dr. Harold Neighbors on October 5 from 7-8 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge on the McNichols Campus. This is a free event and is open to the public.

The faculty member has also been working as the Associate Director of Research Training in the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, Neighbors also co-edited the book “Mental Health in Black America” and was the principal investigator in the University’s Doctoral Training program, “Promoting Ethnic Diversity in Public Health Training.”

Neighbors will be speaking about “Black Male Depression” and his current project, “Man Up, Man Down”. His project is a study of Detroit African American men’s thoughts on family, success, manhood and depression. Neighbors’ main area of research is the prevalence of mental disorders and informal or professional help in the African American community.

For more information, contact African American Studies Program Interim Director Ann Eskridge at (313) 993-1083 or eskridae@udmercy.edu.

Release date: September 27, 2010

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