[Climacteric mask of endogenous depressions]

Eighty-six women of the menopausal age with neurotic and neurosis-like disturbances in the presence of the disrupted menstrual cycle were followed up at the Kazan psychoneurological outpatient centre. Out of the total number, 32 cases of masked depression in the framework of cyclothymia imitating climacteric disorders were ascertained. The author specifies the clinical characteristics of endogenic masked depression and the diagnostic criteria allowing its differentiation from climacteric neurosis.