Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
June 2021
Objective: To study clinical manifestations of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) in adults with nonpsychotic mental disorders.
Material And Methods: Fifty outpatients over 18 years of age with SAD and comorbid non-psychotic mental disorders were assessed for diagnosis by MINI and the Structured Clinical Interview for Separation Anxiety Symptoms (SCI-SAS), the Adult Separation Anxiety Self-Report Checklist (ASA-27), HARS, the Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (ECR), the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q).
Results And Conclusion: Two clinical variants of the disorder: affective and cognitive-behavioral as well as two variants of the course: with onset in childhood and in adults are identified.
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
March 2019
Anxiety separation disorder (SAD) became the subject of increased attention of researchers in recent decades. DSM-5 and project of ICD-11 allow us to treat this disorder as an independent nosological unit without attachment to age. The review provides information on the prevalence, clinical manifestations and diagnosis of SAD in adults, summarizes information on the etiopathogenesis, relations to other psychiatric disorders, and highlights the lack of modern therapeutic approaches to SAD.
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February 2018
Aim: To study apathetic depression first diagnosed at late age and identify its relation to cognitive and social dysfunction as well as to morphological and functional changes in the brain.
Material And Methods: Thirty-two patients at the age above 60 years with newly diagnosed depressive episode and 15 healthy age-matched volunteers were included in the study. All patients were divided into two groups by the score on the Apathy scale (AS): >14 - depression with apathy (n=21), <14 - depression without apathy (n=11).