“Hello, My Name Is:” An Ethnography of Major Depression in a Support Group Setting

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2013
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Haverford College. Department of Anthropology
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This paper is an ethnographic account of a support group for people suffering from Major Depression. Topics covered include: the nature of relationships within a semi-anonymous support group, the function that these relationships serve in the lives of depressive patients, patient attitudes towards medical/psychiatric authority, antidepressant medications, and their beliefs about healing and recovery. This study finds that both historical and modern ways of conceptualizing depression can coexist within peer support group settings, and that both models can be essential to an individual’s recovery.
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