which disorder is more common? schizophrenia or psychotic depression?

Answer 1

This is a very good question. I have answers & resources for you. Schizophrenia 2.2 million American Adults have this illness or 1.1 % of the population. This is more common than Psychotic Depression. However in recent studies they R finding out that more people R suffering form PD. (PD=Psychotic Depression & S will = Schizophrenia in this text ) than they realized. PD is a "Rare variant of Depression" 16% to 54% of depressed patients have some form or systems of PD. Here are the web sites I visted to get this information. for S go to
www.webmd.com
www.schizophrenia.com
www.mentalhealth.com
There are others too I'm just sliding across the tip of the ice burg. For websites about PD go to.
www.4health.com
www.healthmsn.com
www.healthyplace.com
www.webmd.com
www.biopsychiatry.com
and my favoite for medical answers is
www.medicinenet.com
I hope I have answered yout question and the sites are helpful to you as well.

Answer 2

I think you need to rephrase this because it's unclear whether or not you are asking about people who have been diagnosed with these illnesses or if you mean in general, including people who are undiagnosed, whether there would be more of either of those.

And you should probably be asking what the difference is, in terms of both the symptoms and the types of treatment for them.

Most people seem to get the diagnosis of clinical depression at some point or another in their lives, but whether or not it wanders into the realm of psychosis is usually ambiguous, and only when it's serious does it usually get diagnosed.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

the real, sure distinction is that indicators ensue purely whilst the affected person is depressed, collectively as there could or could no longer be a temper factor in schizophrenia. meaning psychosis and different indicators purely happens once you're depressed, while in schizophrenia and schizoaffective, psychosis and different indicators ensue even with temper.

Answer 5

psychotic depression