The role of hardship in the association between socio-economic position and depression

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Butterworth, Peter ^a   Olesen, Sarah C ^a   Leach, Liana S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; epidemiology; hardship; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL STATUS; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865308262     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411433215     Document Type: Article

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