The article presents various abstracts related to affective disorders which are included in the "Journal of Affective Disorder." Some of the topics presented are: "The discriminant validity of the depressive personality disorder: Relations to personality disorders and dimensional traits," "Semi-structured clinical interview for diagnosis of depression in elderly," "Behavioral activation and inhibition systems, the five factor model and their association with depression severity and response to treatment," "Do endogenous corticosteroids change hippocampal volume in men?", "Shifting to evening-type of Japanese infants promoting some problems in mental health," "Posttreatment dexamethason-CRH test response parameters and occurrence of relapse of major depression," "Severity and comorbidity predict episode duration and recurrence of DSM-IV major depressive disorder," "Subtypes of low mood provide evidence for its adaptive significance," and "Prevalence of insomnia and its consequences among adolescents in Kuwait."