Posted by noa on July 20, 2000, at 18:24:49
In reply to depression with psychotic features, posted by Diane E. on July 20, 2000, at 15:24:05
I guess I would look for whether he can acknowledge that it is POSSIBLE that he may be wrong about his prognosis, even though he FEELs that way, ie, to be able to acknowledge that others see it differently and that there is a possibility, no matter how small, that they could be right, even though he cannot imagine their perspective.
However, I, like you, have always thought of psychotic features in depression as being more blatant than that, such as believing that one is inherently evil, or the devil, or the bearer of badness in some way that affects others, like actually believing one causes bad things to happen to others just by being present, because one is so inherently bad.
But perhaps it is just the rigidity of the thoughts that they are focusing on. Thinking of his illness in these terms may help in choosing the right meds.
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