Social roles, context and evolution in the origins of depression

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-276

  Brown, George W ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSALITY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; MALE; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036718839     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3090203     Document Type: Article

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