Dis-ordering Depression in Women: Toward a Materialist-Discursive Account

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-99

  Stoppard, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; feminist; materialist discursive; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542371948     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354398081005     Document Type: Article

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