Personality differences between patients with remitted melancholic and nonmelancholic depression.
Seventy-five patients with remitted depression were categorized as having melancholic-endogenous or non-melancholic-nonendogenous depression according to DSM-III criteria, Research Diagnostic Criteria, and the Newcastle endogeneity scale. The patients' scores on four personality scales--the Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory, locus of control, and the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure--were then compared. Patients with nonmelancholic-nonendogenous depression were generally rated as having more vulnerable personality styles, but the differences were dependent on the particular diagnostic system used. A principal components analysis isolated three underlying personality constructs--dependency, introversion, and timidity. Patients with nonmelancholic-nonendogenous depression scored as significantly more dependent.
Boyce
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Mood Disorders Unit, Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, NSW, Australia.
Parker
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Hickie
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Wilhelm
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Brodaty
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Mitchell
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D000328:Adult; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012792:Shyness