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psychotic depression [1 record]

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Record 1 1979-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
DEF

"psychotic depressive reaction" refers to those severely depressed patients with gross misinterpretation of reality (including delusions and hallucinations) who do not have a history of previous depressions or of marked mood swings, but whose symptoms are reactive (i.e. attributable to some identifiable experience) and of psychotic degree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
CONT

Les dépressions psychotiques. Le type en est représenté par la mélancolie. C'est un état dépressif profond, sévère, aigu, mais résolutif grâce au traitement; [...]

Spanish

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