Attributional style and depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-278

  Ball, Harriet A ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a   Farmer, Anne E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 43749119183     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.038711     Document Type: Article

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