Assessing and interpreting personality change and continuity in patients treated for major depression

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-80

  De Fruyt, Filip ^a   Van Leeuwen, Karla ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b   Rolland, Jean Pierre ^c   Rouillon, Frédéric ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^d Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

Author keywords

Depression; FFM; Personality development; Personality stability; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; TIANEPTINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744506177     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.1.71     Document Type: Article

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