title: Personality and depression: a further evaluation.
abstract: This brief report provides additional data indicating that the depressed state may lead to a significant increase in the frequency of diagnosis of personality disorder, and that the assessment of personality disorder should be delayed until successful treatment of an acute depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics