Add to ORKG'Depression' is one of the most extensively described and debated words in the field of mental health. To contribute to this debate, this chapter provides a brief overview of the key academic discussions on depression, with a particular focus on the applicability and relevance of the concept across different cultures. I will consider the role of culture, language and migrant and refugee status in relation to the diagnosis. In addition, this chapter reflects on the debate on the causes of depression and on its medicalization
Depression is the second leading cause of disability. It is understood to be an internalization prob...
In Depression and Globalization, Carl Walker analyzes the human cost of recent political and economi...
This paper is an analysis of three elements of which depression as the primary target of current Wes...
Described since the beginning of medicine and considered to be the oldest mental illness, depression...
The debate on the role of culture on psychiatric epidemiology has evolved considerably in the past t...
Depressive disorders are still underdiagnosed. Ethnic and cultural factors may influence the way dep...
examine key questions that arise from a cross-cultural approach to the study of depression / begins ...
Though rates of depression are comparable across cultures, similar rates may obscure the diversity o...
This thesis reviews the cultural history of western depressive symptoms and critically examines the ...
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group There is growing global consensus for...
The diagnosis of depression in the clinical context is extremely controversial and is subject to cri...
Both the type as well as the severity of depressive symptoms requires assessment through culturally ...
Transcultural research into psychopathology has often failed to produce a systematic body of finding...
Cultural pluralism that characterises many major urban centres, especially London, underscores needs...
Depression is a highly prevalent mental illness with increasing burden for the patients, their famil...
Depression is the second leading cause of disability. It is understood to be an internalization prob...
In Depression and Globalization, Carl Walker analyzes the human cost of recent political and economi...
This paper is an analysis of three elements of which depression as the primary target of current Wes...
Described since the beginning of medicine and considered to be the oldest mental illness, depression...
The debate on the role of culture on psychiatric epidemiology has evolved considerably in the past t...
Depressive disorders are still underdiagnosed. Ethnic and cultural factors may influence the way dep...
examine key questions that arise from a cross-cultural approach to the study of depression / begins ...
Though rates of depression are comparable across cultures, similar rates may obscure the diversity o...
This thesis reviews the cultural history of western depressive symptoms and critically examines the ...
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group There is growing global consensus for...
The diagnosis of depression in the clinical context is extremely controversial and is subject to cri...
Both the type as well as the severity of depressive symptoms requires assessment through culturally ...
Transcultural research into psychopathology has often failed to produce a systematic body of finding...
Cultural pluralism that characterises many major urban centres, especially London, underscores needs...
Depression is a highly prevalent mental illness with increasing burden for the patients, their famil...
Depression is the second leading cause of disability. It is understood to be an internalization prob...
In Depression and Globalization, Carl Walker analyzes the human cost of recent political and economi...
This paper is an analysis of three elements of which depression as the primary target of current Wes...