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Beyond patient culture: filtering cultural presentations of depression through structural terms.
- Source :
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Critical Public Health . Apr2018, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p237-247. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- There is growing global consensus for researchers to look beyond patient culture to gain a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which wider socio-structural forces influence health outcomes. In line with these critiques, this paper examines culturally diverse patients’ views about the symptoms, aetiology, and experiences of their depression, and considers how socio-structural forces are implicated in the illness experience. Analysing the transcripts of interviews with 28 Indian-Australians and 30 Anglo-Australians with depression, our results reveal cultural differences between Indian- and Anglo-Australians regarding the chronicity, perceived severity, and aetiology of their depression. Our results also show how these cultural differences are related to socio-structural forces such as time, money, and migration. We conclude by arguing that the current medicalised approach to treating depression needs to shift to a more empathetic problem-solving one; such a change would prompt greater critical consideration of the socio-structural forces that impact people’s mental health and not just focus on individuals’ culture and pathologies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09581596
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Critical Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 127161648
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2017.1344771