Temperament and character profiles are associated with depression outcome in psychiatric secondary care patients with harmful drinking

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6788728	Comprehensive Psychiatry	2018	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Possibly due to the modifying effect of alcohol use problems, high Reward Dependence was associated with better depression treatment outcome at 6â¯months. Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness did not predict depression outcome when alcohol use problems were controlled.

Keywords

AuP MDD MADRS TCI-R harm avoidance Major depressive disorder Substance use disorder novelty seeking SUD self-transcendence self-directedness Persistence cooperativeness Montgomery-asberg depression rating scale Temperament and Character Inventory reward dependence