Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 267-273 , April 2005

Personality of seasonal affective disorder analyzed by Tri-dimensional Personality Questionnaire

  • Nobuhisa Maeno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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  • Kazunori Kusunoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Kitajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
    • ,
  • Nakao Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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  • Yuichiro Ono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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  • Shuji Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
    • ,
  • Makoto Imai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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  • Lan Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuhei Kayukawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Administration Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Tatsuro Ohta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
    • ,
  • Norio Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan

Received 11 March 2004 ,Accepted 15 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.10.005

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 267-273 , April 2005

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