Personality in Recovered Depressed Elderly

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.

在有或没有过去的主要抑郁症病史的正式老年人中的人格特征使用DSM-III-R的结构化临床访谈和社会调整量表SR评估。恢复的抑郁症受试者的特征是来自DSM-III-R簇B和C的人格特征明显多于对照组，并且在社会调整方面也表现出差异。从抑郁发作中恢复的受试者可能会在人格和社会调整方面显示显着差异，可能代表过去抑郁症的残留物，特征特征或复发的危险因素。