Early development, stress and depression across the life course: Pathways to depression in a national British birth cohort

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2845-2854

  Colman, I ^a   Jones, P B ^b   Kuh, D ^c   Weeks, M ^a   Naicker, K ^a   Richards, M ^c   Croudace, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; development; life course; stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84924494031     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714000385     Document Type: Article

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