Depression


Aetiology

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Evidence for the Aetiological theories: Personality

People with prominent anxious and perfectionist personality traits (so-called 'neuroticism') are at increased risk of developing depression. At the other end of the spectrum, the more extraverted and less anxious people are, the more they are likely to report feeling happy with their lives: