Personality changes in adult subjects with major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with paroxetine.
- 15 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
- Vol. 61 (5) , 349-355
- https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.v61n0505
Abstract
Human and animal studies point to 3 dimensions of personality that change during pharmacotherapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Specifically, harm avoidance has been found to decrease, social dominance has been found to increase, and hostility in social situations has been found to decrease with SSRI treatment. We sought to determine personality changes in subjects with either major depressive disorder (MDD) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treated with paroxetine. We also sought to determine whether or not these personality changes were associated with disease state (MDD vs. OCD) or treatment response (responders vs. nonresponders).Keywords
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