Negotiating the neurochemical self: Anti-depressant consumption in women's recovery from depression

Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-406

  Fullagar, Simone ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti depressants; Biopower; Depression; Gender; Neurochemical self

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650146252     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459308101809     Document Type: Article

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