The relationship between social support and major depression: Cross- sectional, longitudinal, and genetic perspectives

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Wade, Tracey D ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034109991     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200005000-00001     Document Type: Article

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