Abstract
In-depth interviews with 15 African-American women reveal that their ideas about and experiences with dysphoria differ markedly from mental health professionals' notion of dysphoria as a pathological state. For these women, the blues is both a transition mood between feeling down and depression and a signal that they need time for themselves.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adaptation, Psychological*
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Adult
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Affect
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Black or African American / psychology*
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Depression / ethnology*
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Depression / prevention & control
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Female
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Self Care / methods
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Self Care / psychology*
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Women / psychology*