Parental death in childhood and risk of adult depressive disorders: A review

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 289-299

  Tennant, Christopher ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^a   Hurry, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MIDDLE AGE; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0019175324     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700044044     Document Type: Article

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