Lifetime stressors and recurrent depression: Preliminary findings of the Adult Life Phase Interview (ALPHI)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 264-275

  Bifulco, A ^a   Bernazzani, O ^a   Moran, P M ^a   Ball, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033938505     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050238     Document Type: Article

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