Social inequality in the prevalence of depressive disorders

Ingelise Andersen (1) , Karsten Thielen (1) , Else Nygaard (1) , Finn Diderichsen (1)

1 Department of Public Health [Copenhagen]

Uncertainties exist about the strength of the relation between socio-economic position and depressive disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between education, occupation, employment and income and depressive disorders measured as minor and major depression as well as antidepressant prescriptions.

Mots clés: DEPRESSION; INEQUALITIES SI; SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

Ingelise Andersen, Karsten Thielen, Else Nygaard, Finn Diderichsen. Social inequality in the prevalence of depressive disorders. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 63 (7), pp.575-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.082719⟩. ⟨hal-00477889⟩