[hopespringseternal]

From the DSM IV: Mood congruent delusions or hallucinations may accompany severe Major Depressive Disorder.

Make that homicidal psychosis, since depression is a psychosis.

In the wake of Andrea Yates' murders, every psychologist not carrying a check with her lawyer's signature (or NOW's) on it got up and said unequivocally that postpartum depression is not homicidal.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Make that homicidal psychosis, since depression is a psychosis

Major Depressive Disorder is not a psychosis, it is the mental disorder. Psychosis is a symptom or feature of the mental disorder.

Pyschosis = severe mental derangement with loss of contact with external reality.