Childhood sexual abuse, stressful life events and risk for major depression in women

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1475-1482

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Kuhn, Jonathan W ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^a,b  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 10044237803     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170400265X     Document Type: Article

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