Good question. There appears to be no single cause, although there are several factors that put Boston-area Puerto Ricans at higher risk for depression, including high rates of obesity and diabetes. But some causes of the depressive epidemic might prove harder to treat:
Their depression, the surveyed Puerto Ricans said, was often fueled by the sight of relatives departing Boston for warmer climes.
"They constantly referred to their social networks being undermined by people picking up and leaving," said Northeastern researcher Luis Falcón .
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