Kiran Niraula, Brandon A. Kohrt, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Narbada Thapa et al.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a growing health problem in South Asia. Despite an increasing number of studies exploring causal pathways between diabetes and depression in high-income countries (HIC), the pathway between the two disorders has received limited attention in low and middle-income countries (L...
Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember
Preface. General Concepts And Perspectives. Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research E.J. Sobo. Cognitive Medical Anthropology L.C. Garro. Critical Medical Anthropology M. Singer. Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives A. McElroy. Forensic Anthropology D.H. Ubelaker. Illnes...
Syed Shabab Wahid, Wameq A. Raza, Iffat Mahmud, Brandon A. Kohrt
BACKGROUND: Climate change has major implications for common mental disorders including depression and anxiety in vulnerable nations such as Bangladesh. However, knowledge gaps exist around national estimations of depression and anxiety, and the associations between the prevalence of these disorders...
Syed Shabab Wahid, Malabika Sarker, A. S. M. Easir Arafat, Arifur Rahman Apu et al.
In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) it is vital to understand acceptable, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate ways of communicating about mental distress. Diagnostic terminology is rarely used, may be stigmatizing, and is subject to misinterpretation. Local terms, such as idioms of dist...
Syed Shabab Wahid, John Sandberg, Malabika Sarker, A. S. M. Easir Arafat et al.
BACKGROUND: Binary categorical approaches to diagnosing depression have been widely criticized due to clinical limitations and potential negative consequences. In place of such categorical models of depression, a 'staged model' has recently been proposed to classify populations into four tiers accor...
Syed Shabab Wahid, Wameq A. Raza, Ginger Minahan, Iffat Mahmud et al.