Adverse life event reporting and worst illness episodes in unipolar and bipolar affective disorders: Measuring environmental risk for genetic research

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1829-1837

  Hosang, G M ^a   Korszun, A ^b   Jones, L ^c   Jones, I ^d   Gray, J M ^a   Gunasinghe, C M ^a   McGuffin, P ^a   Farmer, A E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; gene environment interplay; genetics; stressful life events; unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650303413     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170999225X     Document Type: Article

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