How does the death conscious culture of Iran affect experiences of depression?
| Autor: | Moujan Mirdamadi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Warfare
Health (social science) Attitude to Death media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Suicide Attempted Suicide prevention Islam Occupational safety and health Phenomenology (philosophy) Life Change Events 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Injury prevention Humans 0601 history and archaeology Absurdity media_common 060101 anthropology Depression Human factors and ergonomics 06 humanities and the arts General Medicine Self Concept 030227 psychiatry Death Psychiatry and Mental health Affect Feeling Anthropology Iraq Psychology Social psychology |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11013-018-9597-4 |
| Popis: | This paper is divided into two parts. First I argue for the existence of a death-conscious culture in Iran, traceable in religious and literary texts, and manifested strongly in the discourse following the Iran-Iraq war. I then look at how this culture influences articulations and experiences of depression as felt by Iranian patients. Adopting a phenomenological perspective and drawing on empirical data, I show how death-consciousness, as a point of cultural divergence between the UK and Iran, can be used to account for some of the phenomenologically significant cultural variations in the experience of depression. These include attitudes towards suicide, the significance of feelings of hopelessness, and the existence of a sense of absurdity among Iranian patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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