Influence of personality on Objective and subjective social support among patients with major depressive disorder: A prospective study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 728-735

  Leskelä, Ulla ^a,b   Melartin, Tarja ^a,c   Rytsälä, Heikki ^a   Jylhä, Pekka ^a,d   Sokero, Petteri ^a   Lestelä Mielonen, Paula ^a,b   Isometsä, Erkki ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70350455369     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b97960     Document Type: Article

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