Right tail of the distribution of depressive symptoms is stable and follows an exponential curve during middle adulthood.

Previous research has reported that the mean of depressive symptoms is stable in the general population through middle adulthood. To understand the stability of depressive symptoms during middle adulthood, we investigated the nature of the distribution of depressive symptoms.We analyzed 24,890 subje...

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Main Authors: Shinichiro Tomitaka, Yohei Kawasaki, Toshiaki Furukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4294635?pdf=render