Estimates vary, but psychotic depression seems to be present in upwards of 20% of MDD patients and brings some challenges to treatment. Unfortunately, psychotic features are correlated with worse ...

In the early phases of depression and psychosis, patients often show altered inflammatory markers in the blood and structural changes in the gray matter of the brain. This was demonstrated in the ...

The findings of a new brain study could change the way doctors treat mood disorders involving psychosis in patients. The brain imaging study found that changes in brain dopamine are linked to symptoms ...

New research suggests that a severe and specific form of depression involves a systemic disruption linking the immune system to brain development. Published in Advanced Science, the findings identify ...

Depression and psychosis are more common in women after childbirth than before, but the risk of suicide attempts decreases. This is shown by two new studies from Karolinska Institutet. The results ...

Psychotic features in major depressive disorder describe the presence of delusions or hallucinations alongside core depressive symptoms such as low mood, anhedonia and cognitive impairment. This ...