Is Seeking Treatment for Depression Predicted by a History of Depression in Relatives? Implications for Family Studies of Affective Disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 807-814

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029089818     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700035054     Document Type: Article

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