The impact of personality traits on the return of major depression: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major depression is a common, chronic, recurrent, debilitating disorder. Despite effective treatments, remission rates remain low, and many of those who do experience remission then relapse. Some personality traits are potential risk factors for relapse, though they have, to date, received insufficient attention. There is growing attention to the role of emotional dysregulation in recurrent depression. We aimed to investigate the association between the return of major depression and emotional dysregulation, affective lability, and impulsivity personality traits.

Method

A case-control design sampling adults over 18 years old with a history of depression and currently either experiencing a depressive episode (cases) or currently being free of a depressive episode (

SUBMITTER: Altaweel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11994710 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature