Lone mothers, social exclusion and depression.

Background: In this paper, data from the British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity are used to assess depressive disorders and markers of social disadvantage in women bringing up children on their own.

Method: The household component of the British National Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity was based on a stratified random sample of > 10000 subjects. This paper reports on 5281 women interviewed in person.