Age and birth cohort differences in depression in repeated cross-sectional surveys in England: The National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, 1993 to 2007

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2047-2055

  Spiers, N ^a   Brugha, T S ^a   Bebbington, P ^b   McManus, S ^c   Jenkins, R ^d   Meltzer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive episode; epidemiology; prevalence; pseudo cohort analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871514558     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171200013X     Document Type: Article

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