Although stressful life events (SLEs) predict subsequent risk of developing a major depressive episode (MDE), limited information exists on whether or not race and gender alters the predictive role of SLE on risk of MDE over a long-term period. The new study explored race and gender differences in the long-term predictive role of SLE at baseline (1986) on subsequent risk of MDE 25 years later (2011) in a nationally representative cohort in the United States. Results show that men are more vulnerable to the effects of stress over time, finding that the effect of each life stressor on the risk of clinical depression was 50% stronger for men. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00049/full
