Depressive symptoms in adults separated from their parents as children: A natural experiment during World War II

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1126-1133

  Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Kajantie, Eero ^b   Forsén, Tom ^b   Eriksson, Johan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Depression; Life change events; Object attachment; Parent child relations; Psychology; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEPARATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOM; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; WORLD WAR II;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35648934127     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm254     Document Type: Article

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