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. 2008 Nov;2(4):207-217.
doi: 10.1002/pmh.51.

Personality traits and mental health treatment utilization

Christopher J Hopwood  1 , Brian D Quigley, Carlos M Grilo, Charles A Sanislow, Thomas H McGlashan, Shirley Yen, M Tracie Shea, Mary C Zanarini, John G Gunderson, Andrew E Skodol, John C Markowitz, Leslie C Morey
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Personality traits and mental health treatment utilization

Christopher J Hopwood et al. Personal Ment Health. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

Recent theory and research suggest a relation between five-factor model personality traits and mental health treatment utilization, even after controlling for psychiatric disorders and global functioning. The current report further tests this hypothesis in a large clinical sample, using a wider array of treatment modalities than has been previously studied. Overall, results were limited and inconsistent. Although neuroticism was related to utilization across treatment modalities, many of these relationships resulted from its association with psychiatric diagnoses. Other traits showed limited and inconsistent relations to the use of psychosocial and psychiatric treatments.

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