Life stress and major depression

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Monroe, Scott M ^a   Reid, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Life events; Life stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949132824     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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