Martin Denise, de Jesus Mari Jair, Quirino José
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;44(4):637-58. doi: 10.1177/1363461507083902.
Depression has important cultural and social components. Interviews with 16 women living in the poor and violent outskirts of São Paulo were analyzed to identify local concepts of depression. The interviews were conducted with women who were diagnosed with depression and patients in treatment at a primary care unit. For these women, depression was inextricably woven into their violent and downtrodden daily lives, as well as with other sources of suffering. The local community identified two types of depression: 'true' and 'false,' suggesting a concept enmeshed with morality.
抑郁症具有重要的文化和社会因素。对居住在圣保罗贫困且暴力频发郊区的16名女性进行了访谈分析，以确定当地对抑郁症的认知概念。访谈对象为被诊断患有抑郁症的女性以及在初级保健机构接受治疗的患者。对于这些女性而言，抑郁症与她们暴力且受压迫的日常生活以及其他痛苦来源紧密相连。当地社区识别出两种类型的抑郁症：“真性”和“假性”，这表明该概念与道德观念交织在一起。
