title: The parkinsonian personality and concomitant depression.
abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with a distinctive parkinsonian personality, characterized by conscientiousness, punctuality, industriousness, and reduced novelty-seeking, as compared with healthy elderly persons. Similar traits are identified in relation to depression. The objective of the study was to elucidate the relationship between the parkinsonian personality and depression. Thirty-two depressed and 86 nondepressed PD patients and 30 healthy control subjects completed the NEO-Personality Inventory Revised Short Version. PD patients with depression displayed a distinct personality profile, with increased Neuroticism and reduced Extroversion, as compared with nondepressed PD patients and control subjects. It seems plausible that a subgroup of PD patients possesses a distinct personality profile that renders them sensitive to development of depression, although the reverse might also be possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark. malenefd@psy.au.dk
authors.forename: Malene Flensborg
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Damholdt
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ostergaard
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borghammer
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires