OBJECTIVES: To estimate the cumulative incidence of major depressive episode (MDE)
over 6 years and the associations between demographic and socioeconomic variables and …

Objective: To determine the prevalence and correlates of chronic depression in comparison
with nonchronic depression using a population-representative national database. Methods …

Background. The Stirling County Study provides a 40-year perspective on the epidemiology
of psychiatric disorders in an adult population in Atlantic Canada. Across samples selected …

Background Previous estimates of the prevalence of geriatric depression have varied. There
are few large population-based studies; most of these focused on individuals younger than …

Objective Estimates of incidence of late-life depression vary greatly with few studies
excluding demented cases through in-depth evaluation and most studies failing to control for …

Objective: The Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being (CCHS
1.2) is the first national study to use a full version of the Composite International Diagnostic …

Objective: To determine whether the time periods surrounding the 2008 US economic
downturn were accompanied by an increase in prevalence of depression in the US adult …

Objective: To study the effects of stress process variables on the prevalence of major
depressive disorder (MDD) and to explore the factors related to its onset and recurrence …

• Evidence from outcome studies of major depression indicates a high rate of relapse and
chronicity, and that prior chronicity, recurrent episodes, and the presence of psychosocial …

Background This report concerns long-term mortality risks associated with depression, and
the potentially confounding factors of alcoholism and cigarette smoking, as experienced by a …