Relation between sexual abuse in childhood and adult depression: Case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7126, 1998, Pages 198-201

  Cheasty, Marese ^a   Clare, Anthony W ^a   Collins, Claire ^a  

^a ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032539393     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7126.198     Document Type: Article

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