Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 556-561 , November 2009

Cloninger's temperament and character dimensions of personality in patients with major depressive disorder

  • Feryal Cam Celikel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, 60100 Tokat, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 356 212 95 00x1288; fax: +90 356 213 31 79.
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  • Samet Kose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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  • Birgul Elbozan Cumurcu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, 60100 Tokat, Turkey
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  • Unal Erkorkmaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, 60100 Tokat, Turkey
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  • Kemal Sayar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Mental Hospital, Istanbul 43147, Turkey
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  • Jeffrey J. Borckardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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  • C. Robert Cloninger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.012

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 556-561 , November 2009

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