Clinical and demographic features of psychotic and nonpsychotic depression

The present study evaluated clinical and demographic features of subjects with delusional versus nondelusional major depressive disorder. Two hundred eighty-eight subjects with mood disorder (bipolar disorder, n = 94; major depressive disorder, n = 194) were included in the study. No differences wer...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1999-09, Vol.40 (5), p.358-362
Main Authors: Serretti, Alessandro, Lattuada, Enrico, Cusin, Cristina, Gasperini, Mariangela, Smeraldi, Enrico
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Affective Disorders, Psychotic - classification
Affective Disorders, Psychotic - diagnosis
Affective Disorders, Psychotic - psychology
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar Disorder - classification
Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Comorbidity
Delusions - classification
Delusions - diagnosis
Delusions - psychology
Depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - classification
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Personality Disorders - classification
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Summary:The present study evaluated clinical and demographic features of subjects with delusional versus nondelusional major depressive disorder. Two hundred eighty-eight subjects with mood disorder (bipolar disorder, n = 94; major depressive disorder, n = 194) were included in the study. No differences were observed for gender, polarity of mood disorder, age of onset, duration of index episode, number of episodes, number of previous hospital admissions, frequency of illness episodes, and number of suicide attempts. On the other hand, delusional subjects showed a higher rate of cluster A personality disorder and a lower level of education. We also detected a larger number of cluster B personality disorders among nondelusionals. Our data suggest that subjects with delusional mood disorder do not differ substantially from non-delusionals in terms of the clinical and demographic variables considered in this study except for personality disorders.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/S0010-440X(99)90141-4