Remission and relapse after the first hospital admission in psychotic depression: a 4-year naturalistic follow-up

Background Few studies have examined the course of illness among severely depressed patients ascertained at first hospitalization. Using data from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project (SCMHP), we investigated the times to and predictors of the first full remission and the first relapse during a 4-year period in a first-admission cohort with major depressive disorder (MDD) with psychotic features. Method The cohort included 87 county-wide,...