"Their Depression Is Something Different. It Would Have to Be": Findings From a Qualitative Study of Black Women's Perceptions of Depression in Black Men

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Watkins, Daphne C ^a   Abelson, Jamie M ^a   Jefferson, S Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Black women; depression; gender relations; mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK MEN; BLACK WOMEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

BLACK MEN; BLACK WOMEN; DEPRESSION; GENDER RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890927080     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313493697     Document Type: Article

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