Somatic-autonomic disturbances in different types of depression
Vertogradova, O.P.; Dikov, S.I.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 111(7): 18-24
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 21947067 Document Number: 651213
To reveal correlations between the structure of somatic-autonomic disorders and types of depression - melancholic, anxious, apathic authors studied 102 patients, aged from 20 to 50 years, with depression of mild (23 patients) or moderate (79) severity; 12 patients with bipolar affective disorder, 24 - with depressive episode, 66 - with recurrent depressive disorder. Hamilton depression scale, methods for study of somatic-autonomic disturbances and predominance of sympathicotonia or parasympathicotonia were used. Somatic-autoniomic disorders were presented in all types of depression, mostly in anxious depressions, lastly - in apathic depresions, melancholic depressions were in intermediate position. For each depression, common and specific somatic-autonomic disorders were found which correlated with type of leading affect and structure of depressive syndrome.