Stressful life events preceding the onset of depression in Asian patients with major depressive disorder

Park S 1 , Hatim A 2 , Si TM 3 , Jeon HJ 4 , Srisurapanont M 5 , Bautista D 6 Show all authors , Liu SI 7 , Chua HC 8 , Hong JP 9

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2 Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China
  • 4 Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • 5 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 6 Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • 7 Department of Psychiatry, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 8 Institute of Mental Health, Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore
  • 9 Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea suhurhong@gmail.com
Int J Soc Psychiatry, 2015 Dec;61(8):735-42.
PMID: 25846010 DOI: 10.1177/0020764015577842

Abstract

Previous studies have identified the significant role of stressful life events in the onset of depressive episodes. However, there is a paucity of cross-national studies on stressful life events that precede depression.

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