Life stress and the long-term treatment course of recurrent depression: III. Nonsevere life events predict recurrence for medicated patients over 3 years

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-120

  Monroe, Scott M ^a,e   Torres, Leandro D ^a   Guillaumot, Julien ^a   Roberts, John E ^c   Harkness, Kate L ^b   Frank, Ellen ^d   Kupfer, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Life events; Recurrence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645347741     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.1.112     Document Type: Article

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