“She made me a dumping site”: A Preliminary study on social exclusion amongst women with depression / Nur Zafifa Kamarunzaman and Nor Hafizah Hj. Selamat

• Main Authors: Kamarunzaman, Nur Zafifa, Selamat (Hj.), Nor Hafizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies (FASPS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam 2018
• Subjects: Quality of life; Women. Feminism
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42505/1/42505.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42505/; http://jas.uitm.edu.my
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This article aims to explore social exclusion experienced by women with psychiatric morbidity, particularly depression. Stigma is a major hurdle for personal mobility since it potentially degrades the status of victims’ family and causes a great embarrassment especially in Eastern communities. Patie...