Maps, models, and narratives: The ways people talk about depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-125

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Butler, Ella ^b   Halilovich, Hariz ^a   Palmer, Victoria ^c   Griffiths, Frances ^d   Dowrick, Christopher ^e   Gunn, Jane ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

depression; health care, primary; lay concepts and practices; research, qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NARRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870013848     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312467231     Document Type: Article

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