[Psychotic major depressive episode: target symptoms in males and females]

Abstract

Frequently Major Depressive Episodes in patients with psychotic features are not obvious as in other patients with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, that makes difficult to carry out the diagnosis. The results (n= 48) show bigger occurrence of depressed mood, somatic symptoms and decreased motor activity (HAM-D), and show differences in depression when the corporal disorder take characteristic predominant. Psychotic symptoms was suspiciousness and unusual thought content (BPRS). Both gender had characteristic symptoms, women: depression and somatic symptoms, male: (retardation) slow in work and activities, that take to the slowness. It is convenient to have present the consigned symptoms, that could collaborate in the differential diagnosis.