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Abstract
Depression is a major public health problem that increased
dramatically in the past forty to fifty years and causes severe distress
and dysfunction for the individuals, families and society. As well, it
has social and economical implications. This study aimed to study the
association between childhood negative experiences, stressful life
events, and depression among depressed patients. The study setting
was in psychiatric outpatient, clinics ofEL-Mabara hospital, EL-Naser
hospital in Port-Said and University hospital in lsmalia on a total
sample of 320 subjects equally divided into two groups, group I
consisted of 160 depressed patients and group II consisted of 160
subjects. Results revealed that, statistically positive correlation
between childhood negative experiences and stressful life events and
depression in depressed patients and control subjects.