Personal Characteristics of Patients With Depressive Disorders

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the features of the personal characteristics of patients with depressive disorders at the present stage, taking into account gender and age factors. Clinically examined 107 men and 138 women with depressive disorders (ICD-10 codes F31.3, F31.4, F32.0, F32.1, F32.2, F33.0, F33.1, F33.2) using Mini-mult test. Persistent pathocharacterological changes were revealed in patients with depressive disorders, the basis of these transformations are persistent depressive manifestations in combination with a high level of anxiety, asthenia and hypochondriasis, as well as moderate manifestations of hysteria, psychopathy, paranoia and schizoidism. In men, more pronounced manifestations of depression, paranoia and schizoidism were revealed, and in women – psychasthenia, hypochondriasis and psychopathic manifestations. The manifestations of depression, hypochondriasis, psychopathy, paranoia and schizoidness, which are least pronounced in the young age group (up to 30 years old), and most pronounced in the older age group (45 years and older). The manifestations of psychasthenia are minimal in the younger age group, reach the highest level in the middle age group (30-44 years old), and slightly decrease in the older age group.