Premorbid personality traits and psychosomatic background factors in depression: the Lundby Study 1957-1972.
The search for specific predepressive personality factors has a long tradition in psychiatry. Studies in which assessments were made prospectively, before the onset of a first-ever episode of the illness, are, however, rare. In the present report from the Lundby Study we have investigated premorbid, mainly personality-related background factors for first incidences of depressive disorder, diagnosed according to the Lundby criteria for 'Depression proper' and 'Depression plus other psychiatric symptoms'. The items found to be of a predictive value differed between the two diagnostic subgroups and also between men and women. The findings are discussed and compared with earlier predictor studies on depression.
Department of Psychiatry, Lund University, Sweden.
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Rorsman
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Gräsbeck
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Hagnell
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Isberg
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Otterbeck
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*