Personality and seasonal affective disorder: Results from the CAN-SAD study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Enns, Murray W ^a   Cox, Brian J ^a   Levitt, Anthony J ^b   Levitan, Robert D ^b   Morehouse, Rachel ^c   Michalak, Erin E ^d   Lam, Raymond W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Personality; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 33744510317     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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