Fifteen years on: Evolving ideas in researching sex differences in depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 875-883

  Wilhelm, K ^a,b   Parker, G ^a   Hadzi Pavlovic, D ^a  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Caritas Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 0030759573     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005060     Document Type: Article

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