In a prospective study, 34 patients with delusional depression were compared with 100 non-psychotically depressed patients and a subgroup of 30 age-and sex-matched control patients. Depressed patients with delusions were more likely to be single, especially single men. The most common delusions were
Delusional beliefs in psychotic depression vary according to age of onset
โ Scribed by Rossetos Gournellis; Panagiotis Oulis; Christos Christodoulou; Adamandia Kaparoudaki; Andreas Fortos; Lefteris Lykouras
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.2009
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