[Behavioral aggression in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and a way of its correction]

This study deals with the specific psychological and social features in patients with tuberculosis, including their attitude to others and their behavioral features. The patients underwent a comprehensive examination, including standard multifactorial personality study and Lusher tests, special questionnaire surveys. There were 253 patients with fibrocavernous pulmonary tuberculosis, including 152 males (mean age, 45.7 +/- 3.8 years) and 101 females (mean age, 44.0 +/- 3.9 years) and 178 patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis, including 123 males (mean age, 41.2 +/- 3.6 years) and 155 females (mean age, 42.0 +/- 3.5 years). The diagnosis of tuberculosis was verified by physical, laboratory, and X-ray studies, external respiratory function tests, and brush biopsy at bronchoscopy. The comprehensive study has indicated that irrespective of the duration of the disease, specific psychological peculiarities, altered behavior and attitude to themselves and others appear in both males and females, leading to the socially dangerous manifestation of behavioral aggression. The study has developed a procedure to prevent the manifestation of aggressive behavior in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Goal-oriented correction prevents distresses resulting in decompensation.