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Aspects of Personality of Depressive Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thelma Julian
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatrie Research Unit, Carshalton; and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Maryse Metcalfe
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatrie Research Unit, Carshalton; and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Alec Coppen
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatrie Research Unit, Carshalton; and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Extract

The personality of people who develop a depressive illness has been the subject of much controversy. Most of what has been written is based on clinical observations made during the illness and on inferences drawn from symptoms and there are few investigations based on studies of patients when they were not ill. The present investigation was carried out on women after they had recovered from a depressive illness.

Type
Short Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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References

Coppen, A., and Kessel, I. (1963). “Menstruation and personality.” Brit. J. Psychiat., 109, 711721.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Coppen, A. and Metcalfe, M. (1965). “Effect of a depressive illness on M.P.I. Scores.” Ibid., 111, 236239.Google Scholar
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