Risk factors for depression in Canadians.
In a matched controlled study 72 Canadian patients with a major depressive episode were compared with non-depressed and never depressed orthopedic patients. Significantly more of the depressives had parental loss before 17 years of age, a poor marriage before the onset of depression and a family history of depression.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D003643:Death; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012306:Risk