Personality type and depression

Professor Gordon Parker, AO, MBBS, MD, PhD, DSc, FRANZCP, FASSA
Professor Parker is Executive Director of the Black Dog Institute and Scientia Professor, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales.

Associate Professor Vijaya Manicavasagar, PhD
Professor Manicavasagar is Director of Psychological Services at the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW.

INTRODUCTION
TEMPERAMENT and personality styles have long been associated with various