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Personality and major depression: a Swedish longitudinal, population-based twin study.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Oct 2006

Kendler Kenneth S, Gatz Margaret, Gardner Charles O, Pedersen Nancy L

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CONTEXT: Prior studies suggest that the personality traits of neuroticism and extroversion may be related to the liability to major depression (MD). OBJECTIVE: To clarify the magnitude and nature of the association between neuroticism and extroversion and the risk for MD. DESIGN: Longitudinal population-based twin cohort. SETTING: General community. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 20 692 members of same-sex twin pairs...

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PMID: 17015813
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.10.1113

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