Social suffering, gender, and women’s depression

Women and Depression: A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 283-308

  Marecek, Jeanne ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84925684950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511841262.014     Document Type: Chapter

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