Stressful life events and previous episodes in the etiology of major depression in women: An evaluation of the 'kindling' hypothesis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1243-1251

  Kendler, K S ^a   Thornton, L M ^a   Gardner, C O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KINDLING; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033847668     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.8.1243     Document Type: Article

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