Epidemiology of life events: Life events and psychiatric disorders in the Sesto Fiorentino study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 361-368

  Faravelli, Carlo ^a   Catena, Mario ^a   Scarpato, Alessandra ^a   Ricca, Valdo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community; Episode onset; Life events; Psychiatric disorder; Recent life events; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34948866263     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107564     Document Type: Article

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