Delusions or hallucinations with themes that are consistent with the mood state (e. g., guilt, disease or death themes accompanying depression) are known as

Delusions or hallucinations with themes that are consistent with the mood state (e. g., guilt, disease or death themes accompanying depression) are known as mood-congruent psychotic features. This is a one of the subtype of a criteria for the severity for Major Depressive Episode for Mood Disorders. Mood-congruent psychotic features are under the severe with psychotic features criterion wherein it is characterized by hallucinations and delusions. The other subtype is called the mood-incongruent where the content of the delusions does not include the common depressive themes. Symptoms of this type are thought broadcasting, persecutory delusions and thought insertion.