Life events, stress and depression: A review of recent findings

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Tennant, Christopher ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Genetics; Life events; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCINFO; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; STRESS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS;

EID: 0036308371     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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