Am J Psychiatry 1981; 138:959-961
Copyright © 1981 by American Psychiatric Association
Specificity of risk factors for depression
A Roy
The author compared 94 depressed patients with 94 nondepressed patients who
had a personality disorder in a matched control study. A family history of
depression, parental loss before 17 years, and unemployment were found to
be risk factors associated with depression in the women. In the men,
however, parental loss was the only factor associated with depression.
