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The role of social factors in affective disorder: an assessment of the vulnerability model of Brown and his colleagues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Zahava Solomon  and
Evelyn Bromet
Zahava Solomon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Evelyn Bromet*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Evelyn Bromet, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pa 15261, USA.
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Synopsis

The present study attempted to confirm the vulnerability model proposed by Brown and his colleagues, using data from a survey of 435 mothers from two semi-rural regions of Pennsylvania. The results were not consistent with the earlier findings. Methodological and conceptual issues were discussed to explain the differences in results.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 123 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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