and depressive episodes that occurred decades earlier while others assessed SLEs and depressive episodes soon after they occurred30, 71. As a result, the extent to which recall bias affected the findings of these studies varied substantially between the studies. Given this marked variation in methods between SLE studies, it is not surprising that the results between studies have also varied. In contrast, the methods of childhood maltreatment and specific stressors have been more uniform and the results of the studies have been more consistent.
