Relationship of Number of Depression Episodes with Depression Severity, Treatment Adherence, Stress, Personality, Executive Functions and Decision-Making

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric that significantly affects the world population. The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between number episodes and severity depression, treatment adherence, perceived stress, personality, executive functions decision making in MDD patients. Measurement tools including Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS), Perceived Stress (ASO-14), Temperament Personality Inventory-Revised Form (TCI-R), Wechsler Memory Scale-III/Letter-Number Sequence Subtest (HSD), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Stroop TBAG (STR) Iowa Gambling Taskt (IGT) were used study. findings showed depression not related (r=-0.051, p>0.05) compliance (r=-0.082, p>0.05), but there significant (r=-0.880, p