ABSTRACT
There is little empirical or conceptual literature about depression among middle-class Black women, as the majority of the depression research focuses on low-income Black women or middle-class White women. While some work has been done to explore the ways in which race, class, and gender intersect to influence depression among Black women in general, more scholarship that puts forth an intersectional, cultural, and person-in-environment frame to contextualize the experiences of depression among middle-class Black women is needed. In this article, the authors provide a brief overview of the empirical literature on depression among middle-class Black women, present data from 30 in-depth and semistructured interviews with middle-class Black women to explore how race, class, gender, and culture intersect in these women’s lives, and put forth recommendations for clinicians and suggestions for interventions.
