Do stressful life-events or sociodemographic variables associate with depression and alexithymia among a general population? - A 3-year follow-up study

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 254-260

  Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a   Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^a   Antikainen, Risto ^a   Haatainen, Kaisa ^a   Tanskanen, Antti ^a   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WORK;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3042757186     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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