The effects of divorce and separation on mental health in a national UK birth cohort

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1121-1128

  Richards, M ^a,b   Hardy, R ^a   Wadsworth, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030752728     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179700559X     Document Type: Article

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