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February 3, 2015

Why Cambodians Never Get ‘Depressed’

LOUNG Cambodia & mental health Cambodian Mental Health

NPR, FEB 2, 2015

People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But there’s no direct translation for the word “depression” in the Cambodian Khmer language. Instead, people may say thelea tdeuk ceut, which literally means “the water in my heart has fallen.”

 

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