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Symptomatologic analysis of psychotic and non-psychotic depression
E Lattuada1, A Serretti, C Cusin
1Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele, Department of Neuroscience, University of Milan, School of Medicine, Italy.
Background:
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the symptomatologic presentation of delusional compared to non-delusional major depressive episodes.
Methods:
Two hundred and eighty-eight subjects suffering from mood disorder (144 bipolar, 133 unipolar) were assessed at admission by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-21).
Results:
Depressive symptomatology was more severe in the delusional sample, even after the exclusion of the items directly involved with delusional symptoms (P = 0.00002).
Conclusions:
Our data support the hypothesis of delusional depression as a more severe form of mood disorder.