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The Cultural Origins Western Depression

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  • Sushrut Jadhav

    (University College London, Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT, UK)

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Focusing on the British cultural vocabulary of guilt, fatigue, energy, stress and depression; this paper argues that such vocabularies have their own unique histories and meanings; deeply embedded, in this instance, within "white British and western European" institutions. Predicated on a western epistemology, these constructs developed in response to prevailing concerns at different periods in western history; but are now assumed to be universal natural entities that await further scientific research and investigation. The cross-cultural validity of depression as a universal disorder is therefore dubious and needs an extensive re-examination.

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  • Sushrut Jadhav, 1996. "The Cultural Origins Western Depression," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 42(4), pages 269-286, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:42:y:1996:i:4:p:269-286
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409604200403
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