Depression and Quality of Life in Nepalese women

ISBN-13: 9783639364088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 244 str.

Usha Kiran Subba

Opis

The present study focused on womens psychological health. It explored the relationship between depression and quality of life using two main research paradigms - the quantitative (survey method) and the qualitative (focus group discussion). Womens quality of life was affected by geographical, social¸ cultural, economical, environmental, political and health related factors. The study focused on samples of women from the general population and Psychiatry outpatients to examine differences with respect to these critical issues. Depression was defined in cultural terms and efforts were made by the researcher to understand how women coped with it.

O autorze

Usha Kiran Subba,D.PhiL is Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Trichandra Multiple Campus Tribhuwan University,Kathmandu, Nepal. She is also associated with Pokhara University.She has been teaching especially Clinical Psychology, Research Methodology and General Psychology.