Some features of psychopathological symptoms in patients with depressive disorders

Abstract

Depressive disorders are one of the main problems of modern psychiatric science and practice. Depressions are associated with comorbid pathological, suicidal behavior, reduced of quality of life, and social disadaptation both in patients with depressions and in their microsocial environment [1, 2,3]. According to modern studies, depressive disorders are characterized by polymorphism of symptoms, difficulty of diagnosis and resistance to therapy [4,5]. An important factor in the development of preventive measures for depressive disorders is the study of their pathomorphosis, in particular, clinical phenomenology of depressive disorders at the modern stage [6,7]. At the same time, a some of important issues of clinical pathomorphosis of depressive disorders remain insufficiently studied, and the data of existing studies are incomplete and contradictory [8,9].The aim of the study is to investigate the structure and severity of psychopathological symptoms in patients with depressive disorders at the present stage, taking into account age and gender factor.With the observance of the principles of biomedical ethics, we have clinically examined 107 men and 138 women who applied for medical care at