The relationship between negative life events and depression is inconsistent. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the hypothesis that depression in the community may be related more to major life events than is depression in psychiatric settings.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 11 Gates/HUP, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. jcoyne@mail.med.upenn.edu