[The use of melipramine in treating patients with a depressive syndrome accompanied by motor retardation].

A study of 49 patients with the depressive syndrome and showing different motor activity indicates that melipramin treatment proved more effective during the first week of treatment. The obtained data are confirmed by results of experiments with immobilized animals.

[Various indices of mental deficiencies in patients with chronic circulatory disorders in the vertebrobasilar system].

Using clinical procedures and psychological tests, the authors studied intellectual and emotional characteristics in 75 patients with nonpsychotic forms of psychic pathology caused by chronic circulatory insufficiency in the vertebro-basilar system. Psychic disorders in such patients included asthenic, astheno-depressive and neurasthenic symptom-complexes. Their intellectual abilities were somewhat decreased and psychic activity was lowered.