A study has helped to identify that stereotyping can result in prejudice and this can, in turn, cause depression.

The research is based on the depression caused by negative thoughts that people have about themselves or that other people have about them. It has not taken into account “depressions caused by neurochemical, genetic or inflammatory processes."
We see many people who are depressed but to understand that some of them are depressed because they are victims of prejudice directed at the self or of others’ prejudice towards them can change the way depression is being treated in these people. The researchers believe that interventions such as cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness training, used commonly to treat depression, may be particularly useful in combating prejudice. Similarly, some of the interventions used to address prejudice can be used to deal with depression.
Source-Medindia