Primary Affective Disorder: Delineation of A Unipolar Depressive Subtype

Summary. A small group of 4 atypical unipolar depressed Ss who exhibited characteristics consistent with Woodruff, et al.'s genetically based description of a chronic, unremitting subtype of primary unipolar disorder were identified on the basis of the following MMPI differences: (a) significantly higher Sc scores and, (b) non-peak D scores which, however, were not significantly different from those of the other unipolar Ss.