Sensitivity to criticism mediates the relationship between interpersonal problems and state and trait depressivity

Background: One of the primary challenges to the inclusion of a depressive personality disorder (DPD) diagnosis in the DSM is the inability to discriminate DPD from major depressive disorder (MDD) and dysthymia. Both MDD and dysthymia are accompanied by significant impairment in the social area of functioning, as is DPD. Barrett and Barber (2007) found that patients with both MDD and DPD reported more interpersonal distress than those with only MDD or MDD and dysthymia. One factor related to this impairment in the social area of functioning may be sensitivity to criticism, which can be understood as a component of perfectionism.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - November 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: A.P. Natoli, S.K. Huprich Source Type: research