Essays on Mexican

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe and incapacitating disease characterized by at least one of the following referring to depressed mood or loss of interest, motivation, or pleasure [1][2]. For diagnosis, these symptoms must be accompanied by at least four of several additional symptoms related to appetite, sleep, pain, or lack of energy,...

My parents came to Dallas from Central Mexico in early 1998, where I was born a year later as the first of four children. I was raised with the mantra “acción, acción” (meaning action in English). My father would walk by the rooms in the morning and clap twice as he said, “acción, acción.” He...