"I'm running my depression:" Self-management of depression in neoliberal Australia

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"I'm running my depression:" Self-management of depression in neoliberal Australia

The current study examines how the neoliberal imperative to self-manage has been taken up by patients, focusing specifically on Indian-Australians and Anglo-Australians living with depression in Australia. We use Nikolas Rose's work on governmentality and neoliberalism to theorise our study and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brijnath, Bianca, Antoniades, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Pergamon Press 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18087

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