Research into the relationship between depression and personality disorder is
compromised by a number of methodologic factors, including differing concepts of …

Depression and comorbid personality disorders relate to one another in three distinct ways:
1) personality disorders may precede the development of depression and render an …

Background. Research studies have focused attention on the importance of the comorbidity
of personality disorders and depression. Methods. The present review examines seven …

Reviews naturalistic and controlled studies of the impact of comorbidity of personality
disorders and depression on response to various forms of treatment. The findings support …

The relevance of personality to depression is evident in the enormous attention that their
association has received over the years in the clinical and research literatures. Although the …

OBJECTIVE: A longstanding belief among many clinicians is that patients with depression
and comorbid personality pathology have a worse response to standard depression …

Objectives The relationship between dimensionally assessed personality and the onset,
features, and course of depressive illness will be critically examined and considered in …

Background: Depressed patients with comorbid personality pathology may fare worse in
treatment for depression than those without this additional pathology, and comorbid …

OBJECTIVE: Depressive personality disorder was introduced into DSM-IV's appendix amid
controversy. While that disorder appears to be a reliable and valid one, the authors offer new …

Objective: To examine the implications of the association between personality and
depression for the understanding, assessment, and treatment of major depression. Method …