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What is the difference between psychotic and depression?
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Roughly: Psychotic symptoms: hallucinations and or delusions with or without odd behavior r present. Psychosis.Refers to loss of contact with reality. Depression refers to a mood disorder lkie feeling down, useless hopeless and other characteristic signs like sleep and appetite disturbances for 2 weeks at least. Rarely, depression if severe may include psychotic symptoms.
Answered 5/10/2016
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Dep./Psy.: Psychosis is a thought disorder. Depression is a mood disorder. Person can have both, if diagnosis is major depression with psychotic features.
Answered 5/10/2016
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