Document Type
Article
Department
Psychiatry; Family Medicine; Community Health Sciences
Abstract
Objective: To gain insight into the perceived vulnerability and restitution factors for anxiety/or depression.Methods: Focus group discussion of seven married women recovered spontaneously from anxiety and/or depression, belonging to a lower middle class semi-urban community of Karachi.Results: Poverty, unemployment, abuse and on going difficulties were perceived as risk factors for depression. A reliable social support system, positive thinking approach, faith, prayers, and experiencing a "turning point" event were reported as factors that promoted recovery from anxiety and/or depression.CONCLUSION: Individual vulnerabilities, strengths and resources can have an important role in recovery from anxiety and/or depression in women.
Publication
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Naeem, S.,
Ali, B. S.,
Iqbal, A.,
Mubeen, S.,
Gul, A.
(2004). Spontaneous recovery from depression in women: a qualitative study of vulnerabilities, strengths and resources. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 54(2), 49-51.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_psychiatry/92