Understandings of depression: An interview study of Yoruba, Bangladeshi and White British people

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-658

  Lavendera, Hilary ^a   Khondoker, Abul Hussain ^b   Jones, Roger ^c  

^a Brixton Hill Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b Falmouth Road Group Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Ethnicity; Health beliefs; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CAUSALITY; COMPREHENSION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36048940058     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml043     Document Type: Article

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