The social contexts of depression during motherhood: A study of explanatory models in Vietnam

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Niemi, Maria E ^a   Falkenberg, Torkel ^a   Nguyen, Mai T T ^b   Nguyen, Minh T N ^b   Patel, Vikram ^c   Faxelid, Elisabeth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care seeking behaviour; Depression; Illness explanatory model; Postnatal depression; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTHER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL VALUES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952426660     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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