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J. Richard Wittenborn, PhD; Helen S. Maurer, MSW

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1977;34(8):968-971.

Abstract
• Descriptions of patients' premorbid personalities were provided by family informants at the time of the depressive episode, and one year later at follow-up the informants were asked to describe the current personalities. A comparison of the initial and follow-up descriptions for a sample of 190 depressive women showed that personality characteristics traditionally ascribed to depressive patients tended to provide a persisting characterization for most of the sample. There was a diminution in the incidence of certain personality characteristics for a small but significant portion of the sample.

Author Affiliations
From the Interdisciplinary Research Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 17, 1976.

Reprint requests to Interdisciplinary Research Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (Dr Wittenborn).

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