Gender inequality and structural violence among depressed women in South India

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1967-1975

  Rao, Deepa ^a   Horton, Randall ^b   Raguram, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEMPEGOWDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Inequality; Stigma; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872294541     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0504-y     Document Type: Article

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