Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 169-176 , May 2003

On the relation between neuroticism, self-esteem, and depression: results from the National Comorbidity Survey

  • Norbert Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Norbert Schmitz, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine University, Bergische Landstr. 2, H19, D-40605, Duesseldorf, Germany
    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Joachim Kugler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Medical School Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • ,
  • Jens Rollnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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PII: S0010-440X(03)00008-7

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00008-7

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 169-176 , May 2003

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