Personality Characteristics of Depressed Patients Classified according to Family History

1983 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Perris ◽  
M. Eisemann ◽  
U. Ericsson ◽  
L. von Knorring ◽  
H. Perris
1979 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-215
Author(s):  
Carlo Penis ◽  
Martin Eisemann ◽  
Ulla Eriksson ◽  
Lars Jacobsson ◽  
Lars von Knorring ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Serretti ◽  
Alberto Chiesa ◽  
Raffaella Calati ◽  
Othman Sentissi ◽  
Elena Akimova ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Perris ◽  
M. Eisemann ◽  
U. Ericsson ◽  
L. Knorring ◽  
H. Perris

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L.P. Morris ◽  
Robert G. Robinson ◽  
Jack Samuels

In this study, we examined the influence of clinical depression and personality introversion on 15-month mortality following stroke. Ninety-four stroke inpatients were examined two months post-stroke for clinical depression and pre-stroke personality characteristics of neuroticism and introversion. Fifteen months later, the vital status of 84 of these patients was able to be determined. Seven (8%) of the 84 patients died. Mortality rate increased from non-depressed to minor depressed and to major depressed patients (1 /48 [2%], 2/21 [10%] and 3/13 [23%], respectively) (χ2[trend] = 6.6, df = 1, p = 0.01). Patients who died had higher depression symptom scores (mean ± SD) than survivors (17.7 ± 6.0 versus 9.9 ± 7.1) (p = 0.006). Non-survivors were more introverted (i.e. had lower extroversion scores) than survivors (1.7 ±1.4 versus 4.2 ± 2.1) (p = 0.004). In multivariate analyses, introversion and depression were independently associated with mortality. We conclude that personality introversion and depression are associated with increased mortality following stroke.


1975 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Shaw ◽  
David A. MacSweeney ◽  
Anthony L. Johnson ◽  
Julius Merry

In this study we have compared certain personality variables in alcoholic individuals, depressed subjects and in controls.


1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Katz ◽  
Peter McGuffin

SynopsisThis study examined the relationship between personality factors and depression in subjects who may have a familial vulnerability to depression (i.e. first-degree relatives of depressed patients). Four groups comprised our study sample: relatives who had never experienced a psychiatric episode of depression; relatives who had experienced a psychiatric episode of depression but were currently well; relatives who had never experienced a psychiatric episode of depression but were currently depressed; and relatives who had experienced a past history of depression and were currently depressed. Of the four personality characteristics measured (Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie), the only significant effects between groups appeared to be attributable to Neuroticism (N).The strongest association was between current illness and N. There was also a tendency for subjects with a past history of depression to have an inflated N score. However, this appeared to be associated with the presence of current depressive symptomatology. Our findings indicate that when current symptomatology is taken into account Neuroticism does not seem to reflect the trait of liability to depression, but is strongly associated with the state of being depressed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 755-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Wetzler ◽  
Douglas B. Marlowe ◽  
William C. Sanderson

The analysis examined how the MMPI, original Millon, and Millon-II may be used for the assessment of clinical and personality characteristics of depressed patients. High-point code-type analysis of data from 133 depressed inpatients yielded seven MMPI personality profiles (incapacitated-depressive, intropunitive-depressive, caught psychopath, hysteroid-dysphoric, schizotypal-depressive, ruminative-depressive, and psychotic-depressive) and eight Millon personality profiles (avoidant-depressive, conforming-depressive, hostile-depressive, hysteroid-depressive, disenfranchised-depressive, guilty-depressive, passive aggressive-depressive, and anaclitic-depressive). These profiles reflect important similarities in the personalities of the tested depressed inpatients and differences among them as well. Our interpretive framework is speculative but offers a basis for clinical hypothesis generation.


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