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Stressful life events and affective illness.

Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2003

Brostedt E M, Pedersen N L

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between the occurrence of affective illnesses and the number/type of experienced negative stressful life events in a twin material. A case-control study with an unrelated twin as control to the case and a co-twin control study were both undertaken with the same material. METHOD: Postal questionnaire responses were used for confirming diagnosis and to inventory stressful...

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PMID: 12580828
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00067.x

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