A 40-year perspective on the prevalence of depression: The stirling county study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Murphy, Jane M ^a,b,c   Laird, Nan M ^c   Monson, Richard R ^c   Sobol, Arthur M ^b   Leighton, Alexander H ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034099071     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.3.209     Document Type: Article

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