Perfectionism and Depression: Vulnerabilities Nurses Need to Understand

Striving for excellence is an admirable goal. Adaptive or healthy perfectionism can drive ambition and lead to extraordinary accomplishments. High-achieving people often show signs of perfectionism. However, maladaptive, unhealthy, or neurotic perfectionism, where anything less than perfect is unacc...

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Main Author: Sherri Melrose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/858497
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