Indigenous perspectives on depression in rural regions of India and the United States

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 539-568

  Nieuwsma, Jason A ^a   Pepper, Carolyn M ^b   Maack, Danielle J ^c   Birgenheir, Denis G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

beliefs; cultural psychology; depression; India; indigenous psychologies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WYOMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455221327     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511419274     Document Type: Article

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