Handbook of Personality Assessment by Weiner Irving B. Greene Roger L. & Roger L. Greene

Author:Weiner, Irving B.,Greene, Roger L. & Roger L. Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119258889
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2017-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

ANX-DEP/DEP-ANX (Anxiety/Depression)

This configuration of the clinical scales suggests a person with significant unhappiness, moodiness, and tension. Although such people are quite distressed and acutely aware of their need for help, their low energy level, passivity, and withdrawal may make them difficult to engage in treatment. Typically self-esteem is quite low, and they view themselves as ineffectual and powerless to change their life direction. Often accompanied by elevations on Stress (STR), life disruptions can leave such people uncertain about goals and priorities, and tense and pessimistic about what the future may hold. They are likely to have difficulties in concentrating and making decisions, and the combination of hopelessness, agitation, confusion, and stress may place such people at increased risk for self-harm; secondary elevations on Suicidal Ideation (SUI) are often observed with this codetype. This pattern is observed in 1.3% of clinical patients, and it is associated with diagnoses of dysthymic disorder, major depressive disorder, and borderline personality disorder.

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