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Are you not sleeping well? Are you depressed? According to a recently released study, if you are a Latino immigrant racism may be the cause. Brigham Young University is in the middle of a four year long study looking at causes of higher blood pressure and increased rates of heart disease in Mexican immigrants. Patrick Steffen, assistant professor of clinical psychology said:

We found that perceived racism impacts the quality of their sleep and that disturbed sleep is related to depression. Individuals who have experienced racism could be thinking about what happened the previous day, feeling stressed about their ability to succeed when being judged by something other than merit — skin tone or a different way of speaking. Sleep is the pathway through which racism affects depression.

Via / Newswise