Life events exposure before a treated major depressive episode depends on the number of past episodes

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 364-366

  Corruble, Emmanuelle ^a   Falissard, Bruno ^b   Gorwood, Philip ^c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Kindling; Life events; Recurrent depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KINDLING; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748704133     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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