[Age and features of depressions during the 2d half of life]

On the basis of a psychopathological analysis of 207 patients at the age from 45 to 80 years suffering from depressions of different nosology the authors have shown that along with common signs characteristic of the age of involution such as a considerable involvement of anxiety in the affective link, asthenic disorders, a decrease in the physiological tonus, body sensations, etc., there are significant internosological differences. These include a tendency toward the typization of depressive phases and attacks in the framework of endogenic diseases on the one hand and more classical structures of depressions characterizing psychogenic and vascular diseases corresponding to the traditional notions on the other hand.