Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 246-253 , July 2004

Broad and specific personality dimensions associated with major depression in a nationally representative sample

  • Brian J Cox

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Brian J. Cox, PZ-430 PsycHealth Centre, 771 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3N4 Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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  • Lachlan A McWilliams

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    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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  • Murray W Enns

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    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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  • Ian P Clara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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☆ Supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canada Research Chairs program (B.J.C.). The National Comorbidity Survey (R.C. Kessler, Principal Investigator) was sponsored by the US National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, and the W.T. Grant Foundation.

PII: S0010-440X(04)00038-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 246-253 , July 2004

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