Affective Temperaments in Differentiation Between Melancholic and Nonmelancholic Depression: A Case-Control Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Affective Temperaments in Differentiation Between Melancholic and Nonmelancholic Depression: A Case-Control Study

Published:2023-06-29 Issue:9 Volume:211 Page:704-710
ISSN:1539-736X
Container-title:Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
language:en
Short-container-title:J Nerv Ment Dis

Author:

Tamada Yu,Inoue Takeshi¹,Sekine Atsushi²,Toda Hiroyuki³,Takeshima Minoru,Sasaki Masaaki⁴,Fujimura Yota⁵,Ohmae Susumu⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

2. The Medical Foundation of Keishin-Kai, Kyouwa Hospital, Daisen, Akita, Japan

3. Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

4. Department of Psychiatry, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

5. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

6. Department of Psychiatry, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Abstract The association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and personality traits has been extensively studied. However, differences in personality traits between patients with melancholic MDD (MEL) and nonmelancholic MDD (NMEL) remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to determine whether neuroticism, which has been associated with MDD, and the five affective temperament subtypes assessed by the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A) can be used to distinguish MEL and NMEL. A total of 106 patients with MDD (MEL, n = 52; NMEL, n = 54) and 212 age- and sex-matched healthy controls answered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-revised and the short version of TEMPS-A. In hierarchical logistic regression analysis, only depressive temperament scores were identified as a statistically significant feature distinguishing NMEL from MEL. Depressive temperament scores assessed by the short version of TEMPS-A were found to be significantly higher in NMEL patients than in MEL patients.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

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