Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 255-257 , December 2011

The five factor model of personality in mixed anxiety–depressive disorder and effect on therapeutic response

  • Alirza Farnam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    • ,
  • Sara Farhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Razi Hospital, Elgoli road, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. Tel.: +98 411 3367499; fax: +98 411 3367499.
    • ,
  • Abbas Bakhshipour

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, Tabriz University, Iran
    • ,
  • Elnaz Niknam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Received 29 August 2011 ,Revised 9 October 2011 ,Accepted 11 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2011.10.001

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 255-257 , December 2011

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