Accumulation of major depressive episodes over time in a prospective study indicates that retrospectively assessed lifetime prevalence estimates are too low.docVIP

BMC Psychiatry BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Accumulation of major depressive episodes over time in a prospective study indicates that retrospectively assessed lifetime prevalence estimates are too low Scott B Patten Address: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Email: Scott B Patten - patten@ucalgary.ca Published: 8 May 2009 Received: 7 October 2008 Accepted: 8 May 2009 BMC Psychiatry 2009, 9:19 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-19 This article is available from: /1471-244X/9/19 ? 2009 Patten; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Acce