Relationship duration and mental health outcomes: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Gibb, Sheree J ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651468797     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.083550     Document Type: Article

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