Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150:959-960
Copyright © 1993 by American Psychiatric Association
The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in major depression
RT Joffe, RM Bagby, AJ Levitt, JJ Regan and JD Parker
Mood Disorders Program, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
The authors examined Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire scores in 40
patients with unipolar nonpsychotic major depression before and after
antidepressant treatment. They found that scores on the novelty seeking and
reward dependence dimensions were not affected by depressed state or by
treatment response status. However, scores on the harm avoidance dimension
were significantly lower in antidepressant responders and were altered by
depressed state.
