A prospective study of social difficulties, acculturation and persistent depression in Pakistani women living in the UK

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1217-1226

  Chaudhry, N ^a   Husain, N ^a   Tomenson, B ^a   Creed, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Pakistani women; Persistent depression; Social stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860745401     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002388     Document Type: Article

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