Pursuit of a 'Normal Life': Mood, Anxiety, and Their Disordering

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 591-609

  Lloyd, Stephanie ^a   Moreau, Nicolas ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; Canada; depression; France; ideals; norms; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANADA; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84855985686     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.596175     Document Type: Article

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