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Depression and Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Anne Adams and
G. A. Foulds
Anne Adams
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex
G. A. Foulds
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, University College, University of London
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It has been suggested (Foulds, 1961b) that a double classificatory scheme, which takes account of both the more unstable symptom variables and the rather more enduring and stable personality variables, should increase the reliability of the psychiatric diagnosis.

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Psychological
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 455 , July 1962, pp. 474 - 486
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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