Insomnia in young men and subsequent depression. The Johns Hopkins Precursors Study.
@article{Chang1997InsomniaIY,
title={Insomnia in young men and subsequent depression. The Johns Hopkins Precursors Study.},
author={Patricia P. Chang and Daniel E. Ford and Lucy A. Mead and Lisa Cooper-Patrick and Michael John Klag},
journal={American journal of epidemiology},
year={1997},
volume={146 2},
pages={
105-14
}
}The Johns Hopkins Precursors Study, a long-term prospective study, was used to study the relation between self-reported sleep disturbances and subsequent clinical depression and psychiatric distress. A total of 1,053 men provided information on sleep habits during medical school at The Johns Hopkins University (classes of 1948-1964) and have been followed since graduation. During a median follow-up period of 34 years (range 1-45), 101 men developed clinical depression (cumulative incidence at…
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