Stressful life events preceding the onset of depression in Asian patients with major depressive disorder

Conclusion:
Understanding the nature and basis of culturally determined susceptibilities to specific stressful life events is critical for establishing a policy of depression prevention and providing effective counseling services for depressed patients.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Park, S., Hatim, A., Si, T.-M., Jeon, H. J., Srisurapanont, M., Bautista, D., Liu, S.-i., Chua, H. C., Hong, J. P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research