Depression in African American women is often invisible, misdiagnosed, and ineptly treated. Black women are vulnerable to depression due to chronic environmental stressors of racism, sexism, poverty, cultural socialization practices, and social health difficulties. Middle-class and college-educated Black women are also vulnerable to depression, although less of the research has focused on this segment of Black women. We highlight psychological literature that explores the phenomenon of depression among Black women. By way of a clinical case study, we discuss how counselors and psychologists can use Resistance Theory to identify and treat depression in a highly functioning college-educated, middle-class, single African American woman.

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A systematic review was performed using the descriptors "music" and "cancer". The data indicate that the use of music in the context of cancer patients can reduce anxiety, improve depression, reduce acute and / or chronic pain, improve cardiorespiratory parameters and reduce fatigue.

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