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Depresión grave con características psicóticas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Depresión psicótica; Depresión alucinatoria

Definición:

Es un trastorno mental en el cual una persona experimenta depresión junto con pérdida del contacto con la realidad (psicosis).

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Causas:

La causa se desconoce. Un antecedente familiar de depresión o de una enfermedad psicótica hace que uno sea más propenso a presentar esta afección.

Tipos de depresión

Reviewed last on: 2/24/2011
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Fava M, Cassano P. Mood disorders: Major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 29.

American Psychiatric Association. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder, third edition. Arlington (VA): American Psychiatric Association; 2010 Oct. 152 p.

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