As Canada, and particularly metropolitan cities like Montreal, becomes increasingly diverse, it is important to explore and understand the culture and needs of immigrant communities. This Masters thesis focuses on the mental health of South Asian immigrant women in Montreal, Quebec. This original research is a qualitative descriptive study based on in-depth interviews with nine women from India and Pakistan. The interviews focus on the intersection of gender and culture with post-migration experiences, help-seeking patterns and coping strategies for distress in South Asian women. The women's narratives provide pertinent information for researchers and practitioners that could be applicable to the design of future research, outreach, health promotion, and models of care on mental health. The following four chapters provide a thorough discussion of the methodology, findings and conclusions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.83958 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Agarwal-Narale, Tulika |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Psychiatry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002261569, proquestno: AAIMR22697, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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