An episode with psychotic features - commonly referred to as psychotic depression - is automatically rated as severe.
In severe cases, the individual may become psychotic, a condition also known as severe bipolar depression with psychotic features.
Other common off-label uses of olanzapine include as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder without psychotic features.
In major depressive disorder with psychotic features, the content of the delusions is depressive, involving personal inadequacy, guilt, punishment and the like.
Manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder, especially the manic episodes thereof, can include psychotic features.
In depressions with psychotic features, the self-preservation function may also be damaged (sometimes by overwhelming depressive affect).
ECT is considered a first-line treatment in severe depression with psychotic features.
And then there were his psychiatric diagnoses: reactive depression with psychotic features, possibly an underlying character disorder.
Learn about major depression with psychotic feature causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
One official diagnosis, Major depression, congruent with severe psychotic features.