The impact of generalized anxiety disorder and stressful life events on risk for major depressive episodes

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 789-795

  Hettema, John M ^a,c   Kuhn, Jonathan W ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS;

EID: 33646718131     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007367     Document Type: Article

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