Hard times and good friends: Negative life events and social support in patients with seasonal and nonseasonal depression

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 408-411

  Michalak, Erin E ^a,b   Tam, Edwin M ^a,b   Manjunath, Chinnapalli V ^a,b   Yatham, Lakshmi N ^a,b   Levitt, Anthony J ^c,d   Levitan, Robert D ^c,e   Lam, Raymond W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Negative life events; Seasonal affective disorder; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 3042776937     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900613     Document Type: Article

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