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Is neuroticism a modifiable risk factor for depression?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Niall Gormley
Niall Gormley*
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, England
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 41 - 42
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