Depression in a Depressed Area: Deservingness, Mental Illness, and Treatment in the Contemporary Rural U.S.

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Examines the concepts of health-related deservingness and local moral economics to understand the diversity of moral responses to depression for rural women living in Appalachian Kentucky, where economic distress has contributed to poor mental health. Women from a variety of ages, treatment encounters, work experiences, and family sizes, along with healthcare professionals from a variety of backgrounds and settings, participated in semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

Claire Snell-Rood, Elizabeth Carpenter-Song

Social Science & Medicine, 219: 78-86

12/2018

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Access · Appalachia · Community health workers · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Poverty · Primary care · Statistics and data · Stigma · Women · Kentucky