Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150:1734-1736
Copyright © 1993 by American Psychiatric Association
Gender differences in clinical characteristics of first-admission psychotic depression
S Fennig, E Bromet and L Jandorf
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11790-8790.
The authors explored differences in the clinical characteristics of 17 male
and 13 female patients experiencing their first admission for psychotic
depression. Few differences were observed for most depressive and psychotic
features, but fewer male than female patients reported fatigue, psychomotor
agitation, and systematized and mood-incongruent delusions and more male
patients reported feelings of worthlessness. Overall, the findings were
consistent with those derived from samples of patients with chronic,
nonpsychotic mental illness.
