Article Topics:

Depression and culture: This article on Wikipedia is short and does not utilize many sources or citations; it seems as though there is a lot of room for new important and general editing. This topic relates to the sociocultural construction of disease and mental illness, and is an important aspect of the epidemiology of depression.

Some references include:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514317 Kessler, R. C., & Bromet, E. J. (2013). The epidemiology of depression across cultures. Annual Review of Public Health34, 119–138. http://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114409

http://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2296-10-53 Lehti, A., Hammarström, A., & Mattsson, B. (2009). Recognition of depression in people of different cultures: A qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract BMC Family Practice, 10(1), 53.

http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/viewFile/6322/5058 Lu, A., Bond, M. H., Friedman, M., & Chan, C. (2010). Understanding Cultural Influences on Depression by Analyzing a Measure of Its Constituent Symptoms. International Journal of Psychological Studies IJPS, 2(1).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679114/ Guerra, M., Prina, A. M., Ferri, C. P., Acosta, D., Gallardo, S., Huang, Y., … Prince, M. (2016). A comparative cross-cultural study of the prevalence of late life depression in low and middle income countries. Journal of Affective Disorders190, 362–368. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.004


Generalized Anxiety Disorder: This article does not touch upon many cultural, societal or gender differences in relation to anxiety, which could add another facet to the discussion. This topic also relates to the social and cultural aspects of mental illness, which is important in the epidemiology of anxiety.

Some references include:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075954/ Hofmann, S. G., Asnaani, A., & Hinton, D. E. (2010). Cultural Aspects in Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder. Depression and Anxiety27(12), 1117–1127. http://doi.org/10.1002/da.20759

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337390/ Lewis-Fernández, R., Hinton, D. E., Laria, A. J., Patterson, E. H., Hofmann, S. G., Craske, M. G., … Liao, B. (2010). CULTURE AND THE ANXIETY DISORDERS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DSM-V. Depression and Anxiety27(2), 212–229. http://doi.org/10.1002/da.20647

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037698/ Hofmann, S. G., & Hinton, D. E. (2014). Cross-Cultural Aspects of Anxiety Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports16(6), 450. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0450-3

General Timeline for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder (original topic idea and article title)

(disambiguation) – there is a difference between the feeling of anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder, which is often referred to as just anxiety

Generalized anxiety disorder (same article title)

1. Causes

  • Genetics
  • Substance induced

2. Mechanisms

3. Diagnosis

  • DSM-5 Criteria
  • ICD-10 Criteria

4.     Prevention

5.     Treatment

  • Therapy
  • Medications

6.     Comorbidity

  • GAD and depression
  • GAD and substance abuse disorders
  • Other comorbidities
  • Comorbidity and treatment

7.     Sociocultural contexts

  • General stigma around anxiety disorders
  • GAD in America
  • GAD in Asian countries
  • GAD in European countries