Exploring the expression of depression and distress in aboriginal men in central Australia: a qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, Alex ^a   Scales, Ushma ^e   Beever, Warwick ^b   Rickards, Bernadette ^a   Rowley, Kevin ^c   O'Dea, Kerin ^d  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Central Australian Aboriginal Congress   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT WORRY; SADNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STRESS; TRADITIONAL HEALER; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864415398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-97     Document Type: Article

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