Appraisals of stressors and common mental disorder from early to mid-adulthood in the 1946 British birth cohort

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Hatch, Stephani L ^a   Mishra, Gita ^b   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Jones, Peter B ^c   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Birth cohort; Depression; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESENT STATE EXAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM FREQUENCY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349773281     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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