Relationship between the melancholic type of personality (Typus melancholicus) and DSM-III-R personality disorders in patients with major depression.
The relationship between the melancholic type of personality (TM) and DSM-III-R personality disorders (PD) in a sample of 96 outpatients with major depression was investigated using a series of multivariate analyses. The results showed that the personality features of TM were quite different from those of any DSM-III-R PD, including obsessive-compulsive PD, and gave only partial support to the DSM-III-R classification of PD into three clusters. It is suggested that if the personality description of TM be included in the Axis II of DSM-III-R, the description of the Axis could have a wider range of personality features and could be more useful for the clinical praxis and research of depressive patients.
Sato
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Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sakado
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Nishioka
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Kasahara
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Uehara
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Sato
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S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires