Culture and depression in global mental health: An ecosocial approach to the phenomenology of psychiatric disorders

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¹ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada. Electronic address: laurence.kirmayer@mcgill.ca.
² Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada.
³ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada; Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada.

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Laurence J Kirmayer et al. Soc Sci Med. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun:183:163-168.

doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.034. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

¹ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada. Electronic address: laurence.kirmayer@mcgill.ca.
² Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada.
³ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Canada; Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada.

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Keywords: Cultural idioms of distress; Depression; Global mental health; Qualitative research; Review.

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