Journal article
Primary Unipolar Depression and the Prognostic Importance of Delusions
Archives of general psychiatry, Vol.39(10), pp.1181-1184
10/01/1982
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1982.04290100051008
PMID: 7125847
Abstract
• A consecutive series of inpatients with primary unipolar depression was categorized by the presence or absence of delusions as noted in the charts. The systematically obtained follow-up material contained in these charts showed that delusional patients had a relatively poor short-term outcome regardless of whether they received somatic treatment.Recovery rate increased with longer follow-up periods in both groups. In accord with this, a 40-year follow-up revealed no differences between delusional and nondelusional groups in terms of marital, residential, or occupational status, psychiatric symptoms, a final diagnosis of bipolar disorder, or death by suicide.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Primary Unipolar Depression and the Prognostic Importance of Delusions
- Creators
- William CoryellMing T Tsuang
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of general psychiatry, Vol.39(10), pp.1181-1184
- DOI
- 10.1001/archpsyc.1982.04290100051008
- PMID
- 7125847
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Gen Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 0003-990X
- eISSN
- 1538-3636
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/1982
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004189702771
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