Seasonal vegetative and affective symptoms in the Finnish general population: Testing the dual vulnerability and latitude effect hypotheses

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-404

  Grimaldi, Sharon ^a   Partonen, Timo ^a   Haukka, Jari ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Affective; Depression dual vulnerability hypothesis; Latitude; Seasonal; Vegetative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 70350746445     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480902878729     Document Type: Article

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