Depression in early adulthood: Prevalence and psychosocial correlates among young Swiss men

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Barth, Jürgen ^a   Hofmann, Karen ^a,b   Schori, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; PHQ 9; Survey; Switzerland; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; JOB SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899737112     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.13945     Document Type: Article

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