Diagnosis in Psychotic Major Depression | C4C

Psychotic Major Depression (PMD) is a mental health disorder in which people experience low mood and hallucinations or delusions. It is often misdiagnosed as non-psychotic depression but it is unclear why. We will address the current evidence gap by examining the experiences and views of people with PMD in the process of them gaining the diagnosis of PMD. There are three study objectives: 1. To explore the timeline and context of how people received a diagnosis of PMD; 2. To explore what factors led to or was a barrier to getting a diagnosis of PMD; 3. To explore what factors might have led to an earlier diagnosis of PMD. We will recruit 15-20 people with a diagnosis of PMD through the ‘consent for contact’ register held by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. Additional recruitment will occur through clinicians working with people with mood disorders. We will use individual semi-structured in-depth interviews to ask people about their views and experiences.