Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1119-1129

  Melchior, Maria ^a,b,c   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Milne, Barry J ^a   Danese, Andrea ^a   Poulton, Richie ^d   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34547689266     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000414     Document Type: Article

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