A prospective cohort study investigating factors associated with depression during medical internship

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 557-565

  Sen, Srijan ^a,b   Kranzler, Henry R ^c   Krystal, John H ^b   Speller, Heather ^b   Chan, Grace ^c   Gelernter, Joel ^b   Guille, Constance ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NEUROSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICINE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953309715     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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