Beyond weeping and crying: A gender analysis of expressions of depression

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Danielsson, Ulla ^a,c   Johansson, Eva E ^b  

^a Youth Health Centre   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Youth Health Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Class; Depression; Gender; Guilt; Primary care; Qualitative analysis; Shame

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25844504771     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430510031315     Document Type: Article

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