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Psychotic depression in private practice outpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

F Benazzi
F Benazzi*
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Department of Psychiatry, Public Hospital Morgagni, 47100Forli, Italy
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Correspondence and reprints: Via Pozzetto 17,48015 Castiglione di Cervia RA, Italy.
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Summary

Prevalence of psychotic depression, and comparison between psychotic and nonpsychotic depression, were studied in 203 consecutive unipolar and bipolar outpatients presenting for treatment of depression in a private practice. Prevalence was 14%. Of the variables investigated (unipolar/bipolar diagnosis, age at baseline/onset, gender, recurrences, atypical features, comorbidity, chronicity, duration of illness, baseline severity) bipolar I diagnosis was significantly more common, and severity of depression was significantly greater in psychotic vs nonpsychotic depression. Discordant findings in the literature may be related to the different samples studied.

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psychotic depressionprevalenceprivate practiceseveritycourse

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European Psychiatry , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , September 1998 , pp. 320 - 321
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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