title: Vulnerability factors for depression in Pakistani women.
abstract: The vulnerability factors were tested in a retrospective study on 50 cases and 50 controls. Only one of the four factors, i.e., lack of an intimate, confiding relationship, was found to be statistically significant, thus highlighting the need for indigenous research particularly in areas where the variables are socio-culturally determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naeem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors