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Life events and depression: A replication
Giovanni A. Fava,Giovanni A. Fava,Giovanni A. Fava,F. Munari,F. Munari,F. Munari,L. Pavan,L. Pavan,L. Pavan,Robert Kellner,Robert Kellner,Robert Kellner +11 more
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Life events reported to have occurred 6 months before the onset of illness were compared in 40 outpatients who had a first episode of primary depression and a matched normal control group, consistent with the view that certain recent life events play a substantial role as precipitants in some depressed patients.About:
This article is published in Journal of Affective Disorders.The article was published on 1981-06-01. It has received 336 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: First episode & Depression (differential diagnoses).read more
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Interpersonal relatedness and self-definition: Two prototypes for depression
Sidney J. Blatt,David C. Zuroff +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed recent research that indicates the importance of differentiating subtypes of depression based on two types of experiences that lead individuals to become depressed: disruptions of interpersonal relations and threats to self-integrity and self-esteem.
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Gender differences in emotional responses to interpersonal stress during adolescence
TL;DR: The central proposal of the present paper is that gender Differences in the experience of stress and in emotional reactions to stress, particularly within an interpersonal context, contribute to the development of gender differences in anxiety and depression during adolescence.
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2 – Dimensions of Life Events That Influence Psychological Distress: An Evaluation and Synthesis of the Literature
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The immune-mediated alteration of serotonin and glutamate: towards an integrated view of depression
Norbert Müller,Markus J. Schwarz +1 more
TL;DR: A hypothesis integrating current concepts of neurotransmission and hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation with findings on immunological alterations and alterations in brain morphology in MD is presented.
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Life Stressors as Risk Factors in Depression
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of evidence for an association between major adverse life experience and subsequent major depression is presented, and the critical importance of multivariate models in understanding individual vulnerability and outcome is emphasized.
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TL;DR: An extensive literature exists regarding the relationship of life events and depression and it has been generally assumed that most depressions are reactions to events, but some dissent has been expressed.
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Life events and social support in puerperal depression.
TL;DR: The findings indicate the importance of social stress in puerperal depression, and postpartum blues were only associated with depression in the absence of life events, suggesting a small hormonal sub-group.