Gender differences in the rates of exposure to stressful life events and sensitivity to their depressogenic effects

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 587-593

  Kendler, K S ^a   Thornton, L M ^a   Prescott, C A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; WORK;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035069618     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.4.587     Document Type: Article

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