Psychotic depression

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bipolar depression, psychosis

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• Psychotic depression is characterized by not only depressive symptoms, but also by hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't really there) or delusions (irrational thoughts and fears).
• Psychotic depression Psychotic depression is a less common type of depression than either melancholic or non-melancholic depression.
• Psychotic depression is most common toward the end of life.
• Psychotic depression - mental depression and psychosis Psychotic Depression is an extreme form of depression in which depressed patients display irrational thought patterns and behaviour characteristics.
• J Clin Psychiatry 1999 Feb; 60(2):116-8 : Psychotic depression is more common than is generally realized, occurring in an estimated 16% to 54% of depressed patients.

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