Lay accounts of depression amongst Anglo-Australian residents and East African refugees

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 454-466

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Dowrick, Christopher ^b   Butler, Ella ^a   Herrman, Helen ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Australians; Australia; Cross cultural; Depression; Ethiopian; Somali

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; POLITICS; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHIOPIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOMALIA; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHIOPIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POLITICS; REFUGEES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOMALIA;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36849056995     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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