title: [Depression and culture].
abstract: It is well established knowledge that, aside from biological and biographical factors, socio-cultural patterns have a major impact in prevalence and phenomenology of depressive disorders. It is the aim of the authors (1) to clarify the different epistemological positions of transcultural research in depression, (2) to present the most important findings of this research, (3) to develop suggestions for culture-sensitive epidemiological research.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien. thomas.stompe@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stompe
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schrank
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors