Existential youth depressions

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical and psychopathological features of existential depression in youth.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: 53 male patients (16-25 years old) with diagnosis F31.3, F31.4, F32, F33 with existential themes of depressive experiences were studied by clinical and psychopathological method.

RESULTS: The axial symptom of existential was over-value ideas about the meaninglessness of their own and human life with ideas of self-abasement, insolvency, low value, imperfection of society, which in most of the studied cases (79.2%) was accompanied by various degrees of severity suicidal thoughts and intentions. Three varieties were identified: with the prevalence of reflections on the meaninglessness of life (39.6%); with the prevalence of neurotic religiosity (28.3%); with an existential philosophical interpretation (32.1%).

CONCLUSION: As a result of the study, the heterogeneity of existential depressions, a significant role of psychogenic factors in their formation were revealed, as a high suicidal risk. Existential depressive states differed in duration, severity of depressive symptoms, high frequency of non-suicidal self-neglect and suicidal risk.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:123

Enthalten in:

Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 123(2023), 11. Vyp. 2 vom: 01., Seite 62-67

Sprache:

Russisch

Weiterer Titel:

Ekzistentsial'nye yunosheskie depressii

Beteiligte Personen:

Popovich, U O [VerfasserIn]
Alekseeva, A G [VerfasserIn]
Gedevani, E V [VerfasserIn]
Kaleda, V G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescence
English Abstract
Existential depression
Journal Article
Male gender
Suicide risk

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17116/jnevro202312311262

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366183591