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PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 232-236Publisher
KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.232
Keywords
Suicide; Type-D personality; Major depressive disorder; DS-14
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education and Science Technology (MEST) [2011-0010562]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0010562] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Objective This Study investigated the putative association between type-D personality and suicidality, including the history of suicide attempt and suicidal ideation in patients With major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods Eighty-six Outpatients aged between 18 and 65 years with MDD were recruited for this study from Ilsan Paik Hospital. The cohort was stratified into two subgroups according to the pretence of type-D personality and history of suicide attempt (yes vs. no). Depression severity was evaluated using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. The type-D Personality Scale-14 (DS-14), the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS) were alto applied. Results The total BSS, BHS, and BIS scores were higher for the group With type-D personality than for the group without this personality (p=0.004, 0.01, and 0.003, respectively). In addition, the total scores for the BSS, BHS, and social inhibition (SI; subscale of DS-14) were higher for the group with a history of suicide attempt than for the group without this history (p=0.0000004, 0.003,and 0.033, respectively). There were positive correlations between the total DS-14 score and the total BSS, BHS, and BIS scores (r=0.413 and p=0.000077, r=0.404 and p=0.00012, and r=0.245 and p=0.024, respectively). Conclusion Depressed patients with type-D personality are more vulnerable to suicidality than those without type-D personality, even when the MDD severity is identical. In addition, the SI score Was higher in patients with a history of suicide attempt than in those without this history.
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