Factors related to age at depression onset: the role of SLC6A4 methylation, sex, exposure to stressful life events and personality in a sample of inpatients suffering from major depression

Abstract Background An early onset of depression is associated with higher chronicity and disability, more stressful life events (SLEs), higher negative emotionality as described by the primary emotion SADNESS and more severe depressive symptomatology compared to depression onset later in life. Addi...

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Main Authors: Simon Sanwald, Katharina Widenhorn-Müller, Carlos Schönfeldt-Lecuona, Christian Montag, Markus Kiefer, GenEmo Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03166-6