P03.430 The severity and patterns of use of psychotropics drugs in non-fatal selfpoisoning

Abstract

Posters. Tuesday, the dilferences of personality traits between Japanese unipolar and bipolar depressive patients by the Japanese Version of Munich Personality Test (JMPT). Subjects and Methods: 24 recovered DSM-tV-R major depressives and DSM-$V-R 13 recovered bipolars were compared with respect to scale values of JMPT.Results: Both groups, displaying elevated scores on the MPT scales on Extraversion, Rigidity, Neuroticism, did not differ significantly on any of the JMPT scales.Conclusion: Bipolars as well as unipolars have the componenl for premorbid personality of the Typus Melancholicus. Regarding premorbid personality, there seems to be no definite difference between unipolars and bipolars. This finding supports the results of the study by Hirschfeld RMA et al. (1986) which revealed the similarity between the recovered bipolar and unipolar patients in regard'to personality traits.