Does major depression result in lasting personality change?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1404-1410

  Shea, M Tracie ^a,b   Leon, Andrew C ^a   Mueller, Timothy I ^a   Solomon, David A ^a   Warshaw, Meredith G ^a   Keller, Martin B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0029858022     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.11.1404     Document Type: Article

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