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Depression Research and Treatment
Volume 2014, Article ID 291802, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/291802
Research Article

Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts: A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects

Beatriz Camarena,1 Ana Fresán,2 and Emmanuel Sarmiento3

1Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Genética Psiquiátrica, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calz. México-Xochimilco 101, 14370 Mexico City, Mexico
2Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Epidemiología Psiquiátrica, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calz. México-Xochimilco 101, 14370 Mexico City, Mexico
3Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil Juan N. Navarro, San Buenaventura 86, Col. Belisario Dominguez, 14080 Mexico City, Mexico

Received 2 August 2013; Revised 18 December 2013; Accepted 29 January 2014; Published 2 March 2014

Academic Editor: H. Grunze

Copyright © 2014 Beatriz Camarena et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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