TY - JOUR PY - 1982// TI - Primary unipolar depression and the prognostic importance of delusions JO - Archives of general psychiatry A1 - Coryell, W. A1 - Tsuang, M. T. SP - 1181 EP - 1184 VL - 39 IS - 10 N2 - A consecutive series of inpatients with primary unipolar depression was categorized by the presence or absence of delusions as noted in the charts. The systematically obtained follow-up material contained in these charts showed that delusional patients had a relatively poor short-term outcome regardless of whether they received somatic treatment. Recovery rate increased with longer follow-up periods in both groups. In accord with this, a 40-year follow-up revealed no differences between delusional and nondelusional groups in terms of marital, residential, or occupational status, psychiatric symptoms, a final diagnosis of bipolar disorder, or death by suicide.

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