Personality, Stressful Life Events, and Treatment Response in Major Depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1067-1077

  Bulmash, Eric ^a   Harkness, Kate L ^a   Stewart, Jeremy G ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

dependency; depression; self criticism; stressful life events; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDFORD COLLEGE LIFE EVENTS AND DIFFICULTIES SCHEDULE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CRITICISM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449141108     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017149     Document Type: Article

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