Explanatory model of help-seeking and coping mechanisms among depressed women in three ethnic groups of Fars, Kurdish, and Turkish in Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-406

  Dejman, Masoumeh ^a,b   Ekblad, Solvig ^a   Forouzan, Ameneh Setareh ^b   Baradaran Eftekhari, Monir ^c   Malekafzali, Hossein ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnic group; Help seeking; Nonpsychotic major depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRAN; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48449098634     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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