Social relationship correlates of major depressive disorder and depressive symptoms in Switzerland: Nationally representative cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barger, Steven D ^a   Messerli Bürgy, Nadine ^b   Barth, Jürgen ^b,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Social; Social isolation; Social networks; Support; Swiss Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84899088036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-273     Document Type: Article

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