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  • Comparison of risk factors for the onset and maintenance of depression
    Bottomley, Christian ...
    Background: Factors associated with depression are usually identified from cross-sectional studies. AIMS: We explore the relative roles of onset and recovery in determining these associations. ... Method: Hazard ratios for onset and recovery were estimated for 39 risk factors from a cohort study of 10,045 general practice attendees whose depression status was assessed at baseline, 6and 12 months. Results: Risk factors have a stronger relative effect on the rate of onset than recovery. The strongest risk factors for both onset and maintenance of depression tend to be time-dependent. With the exception of female gender the strength of a risk factor's effect on onset is highly predictive of its impact on recovery. Conclusions: Preventive measures will achieve a greater reduction in the prevalence of depression than measures designed to eliminate risk factors post onset. The strength of time-dependent risk factors suggests that it is more productive to focus on proximal rather than distal factors.
    Source: British Journal of Psychiatry. - ISSN 0007-1250 (Letn. 196, št. 1, 2010, str. 13-17)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2010
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 26384601
    DOI

source: British Journal of Psychiatry. - ISSN 0007-1250 (Letn. 196, št. 1, 2010, str. 13-17)
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