title: Specificity of interpersonal sensitivity to non-melancholic depression.
abstract: Scores of 69 remitted depressed patients were compared to control subjects on the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM). The patients were categorised into melancholic and non-melancholic sub-groups according to DSM-III criteria. Differences between the depressives and controls were detected but were principally the result of high IPSM scores being returned by the non-melancholic depressives. Melancholic depressives did not differ from the controls in their IPSM scores, supporting the proposition that this depressive sub-type is not associated with a vulnerable personality style.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hickie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brodaty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors