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Patterns and correlates of major depression in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study of 0.5 million men and women
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Background
Worldwide 350 million people suffer from major depression, with the majority of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries. We examined the patterns, correlates and care-seeking behaviour of adults suffering from major depressive episode (MDE) in China.
Method
A nationwide study recruited 512 891 adults aged 30–79 years from 10 provinces across China during 2004–2008. The 12-month prevalence of MDE was assessed by the Modified Composite Interna...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Cancer Research UK
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Wellcome Trust
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Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
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British Heart Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Psychological Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 47
- Pages:
- 958–970
- Publication date:
- 2016-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-13
- DOI:
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1469-8978
- ISSN:
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0033-2917
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pubs:692457
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- pubs:692457
- Deposit date:
- 2017-05-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © Cambridge University Press 2016 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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