Nicholas Stenning Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Depression; Psychoses; Post-psychotic depression
Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK
Nicholas Stenning belongs to Department of Psychology, and his areas of interest are Depression; Psychoses; Post-psychotic depression and his one of the publication is Post-psychotic Depression: A Critical Review
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Author(s): Zaffer Iqbal, Nicholas Stenning, Adrian Morton, Anjula Gupta and Sophie Brown
Objective: To review the literature surrounding post-psychotic depression including its prevalence, potential pathways to its emergence and deficiencies in the current understanding. Method: Electronic literature search of PubMed, PsychINFO and Web of Knowledge using search terms relating to post-psychotic depression. Results: Prevalence rates have been clouded by heterogeneous samples. Three ontological theories were present in the literature. Evidence supported a range of pathways including post-psychotic depression as intrinsic to psychosis, as resulting from neuroleptic medication or as an emotional reaction to psychosis. Further research with homogeneous samples and precise definitions of post-psychotic depression are needed to confirm these findin... view moreĀ»