[The controversy of depression in black Africa: a study of cultural causes].
Epidemiological data about depression in Africa are contradictory. Until the fifties, an almost absence of depression was reported in the studied population and from the fifties till today, a prevalence comparable to these of others continents is found. The authors discussed methodological and technical grounds susceptible to explain this controversy, with a special focus on cultural factors according to the parental and way of thinking of the Kongos in Zaïre.
Université Catholique de Louvain, Centre Chapelle aux Champs, Bruxelles.
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
La controverse de la dépression en Afrique noire: etude des causes culturelles.