Risk factors for chronic depression--a systematic review.

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Abstract

One of five patients with an acute depressive episode develops chronic depression. Risk factors for a current depressive episode to become chronic are insufficiently known. This review was conducted to examine which factors represent a risk factor for the development of chronic depression for patients diagnosed with a depressive episode.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number1-3
ISSN0165-0327
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 20488546