Personality traits as risk factors for relapse or recurrence in major depression: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly recurrent. Identifying risk factors for relapse in depression is essential to improve prevention plans and therapeutic outcomes. Personality traits and personality disorders are widely considered to impact outcomes in MDD. We aimed to evaluate the role of personality aspects in the risk of relapse and recurrence in MDD.

Method

A PROSPERO-registered systematic review was conducted using Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science and CINAHL as data sources, together with hand searching of four journals over the five years till 2022. There was independent abstract selection, quality assessment and data extraction from each study.

Results

Twenty two studies me t eligibility criteria involving 12,393 participants. Neuroti

SUBMITTER: Altaweel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196019 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature