Greater number of group identifications is associated with lower odds of being depressed: evidence from a Scottish community sample

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1389-1397

  Sani, Fabio ^a   Madhok, Vishnu ^c   Norbury, Michael ^b,d   Dugard, Pat ^a   Wakefield, Juliet R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c Park House Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d Raven Song Community Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Group identification; Health; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942551323     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1076-4     Document Type: Article

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