[The efficiency of psychological educational programs under depressive disorders].

The psychological educational programs make possible to increase level of awareness of depression in patients with depressive conditions and to enhance coping of patients with symptoms of disease. In scientific publications, the experience of application of both full-time group and individual and nonresident psychological educational programs is exposed The result of implementation of these programs consists in decreasing of expression depression symptoms, increasing of number of remissions, increasing of commitment to pharmaceutical treatment and decreasing of rate of refusals of treatment and increasing of rate of seeking of professional medical care in case of exacerbation of disease. The psychological educational programs ameliorate socialfunctioning, work capacity, quality of life and life satisfaction in patients.