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Personality in Recovered Depressed Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Lon S. Schneider ,
Mary F. Zemansky ,
Michael Bender  and
R. Bruce Sloane
Lon S. Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Mary F. Zemansky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Michael Bender
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
R. Bruce Sloane
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Personality traits in euthymic elderly subjects with and without past histories of major depressive episodes were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R and the Social Adjustment Scale-SR. Recovered depressed subjects were characterized by significantly more personality traits from DSM-III-R Clusters B and C than controls, and they exhibited differences in social adjustment, as well. Subjects who have recovered from depressive episodes may show significant diferences in personality and social adjustment that might represent residua of past depression, a trait characteristic, or a risk factor for recurrence.

Type
Research and Reviews
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , September 1992 , pp. 177 - 185
Copyright
© 1992 Springer Publishing Company

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