"Considerations on the ICD-11 classification of psychotic depression" by Soren Dinesen Ostergaard, Anthony J. Rothschild et al.

Psychiatry Publications and Presentations

Title

Considerations on the ICD-11 classification of psychotic depression

Authors

Soren Dinesen Ostergaard, Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital
Anthony J. Rothschild, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Peter Uggerby, Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital
Povl Munk-Jorgensen, Aarhus University Hospital
Per Bech, Psychiatric Center North Zealand
Ole Mors, Aarhus University Hospital

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry

Date

3-9-2012

Document Type

Article

Medical Subject Headings

Affective Disorders,; Psychotic; Depressive Disorder; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Disease Progression; Humans; *International Classification of Diseases; Male; Syndrome

Disciplines

Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

Depression accompanied by psychotic symptoms is referred to as delusional or psychotic depression (PD). PD is classified as a subtype of severe unipolar depression/ severe depression in bipolar disorder in the two current major diagnostic systems, namely the 10th revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) and the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). We discuss the arguments in favour of and against classifying PD as a distinct syndrome under the affective disorders.