From damaged nerves to masked depression: Inevitability and hope in Latvian psychiatric narratives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2421-2431

  Skultans, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Latvia; Psychiatric narratives

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

MENTAL HEALTH;

CONSULTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LATVIA; MASKED DEPRESSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0038030745     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00245-9     Document Type: Article

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