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Personality variables and dysthymic symptoms: a comparison between a Greek and a British sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

G. C. Lyketsos ,
Ivy M. Blackburn  and
D. Mouzaki
G. C. Lyketsos
Affiliation:
From Dromokaiton Mental Hospital, Athens, Greece, and the MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, Thomas Clouston Clinic, Edinburgh
Ivy M. Blackburn*
Affiliation:
From Dromokaiton Mental Hospital, Athens, Greece, and the MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, Thomas Clouston Clinic, Edinburgh
D. Mouzaki
Affiliation:
From Dromokaiton Mental Hospital, Athens, Greece, and the MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, Thomas Clouston Clinic, Edinburgh
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Ivy M. Blackburn, MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, Thomas Clouston Clinic, 153 Morningside Drive, Edinburgh.
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Synopsis

Foulds' short psychiatric screening questionnaire and personality measures were administered to a representative Greek sample. The results were significantly different from British norms, highlighting the importance of the interaction between states and traits in population morbidity and the need for local norms.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1979 , pp. 753 - 758
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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