Psychotic versus nonpsychotic depression in hospitalized adolescents

✍ Scribed by Paul E. Quinlan; Cheryl A. King; Gregory L. Hanna; Neera Ghaziuddin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 55 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1091-4269
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1997)6:1<40::aid-da6>3.0.co;2-9

✦ Synopsis

One hundred fifty adolescent inpatients with major depression were systematically assessed for demographic and clinical differences between psychotic and nonpsychotic depression. Delusions and/or hallucinations were present in 10% of the subjects. The psychotic group had significantly more frequent and severe suicidal ideation. Posttraumatic stress disorder was also more frequent in the psychotic group.