https://pphr.princeton.edu/2017/08/...l-illness-in-somalia-and-the-somali-diaspora/
https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&context=msw_papers
"Depression is another prevalent mental illness in the Somali population." quote from the link.
"While there is a need, there is still the issue of the stigma of mental illness in the culture. The cause of mental illness for Somalis is often believed to be because of an evil spirit (Warfa, et al., 2006; Guerin, 2004). The spirit has come to punish the individual for any immoral acts they have done (Warfa, et al., 2006; Guerin, 2004). Somalis, being a very close community, do not want anyone seeing them associated with mental illness, fearing that they will be stigmatized (Warfa, et al., 2006; Guerin, 2004). Because of this strong stigma, it is very hard to reach out to this culture (Warfa, et al., 2006; Guerin, 2004)."
We have a culture that bashes mental health illness and we are prone to depression due to our DNA, since we are a mixed race population.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827317302586
Being mixed = a curse