Journal
CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 68-72Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01611.x
Keywords
life stress; life events; depression
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
People have long believed that adversity and stress contribute to emotional problems in general and to depression in particular. A considerable body of research has supported this intuition, documenting a consistent association between major stressful life events and the onset of clinical depression. However, most individuals under stress do not become depressed, sometimes depression develops without prior stress, and distinguishing psychological distress from major depression can be diagnostically challenging. In varying forms and degrees, life stress may play multiple roles in relation to major depression. In this article, we outline the opportunities and obstacles associated with conceptualizing depression from a life-stress perspective and discuss the implications for future research.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available