[The mental status characteristics of patients with peptic ulcer and chronic cholecystitis]

Mental status examinations (V. P. Zaĭtsev's clinical scale. MMPI test modified by F. B. Berezin et al.) were performed in 90 patients with duodenal ulcer (DU) and 142 patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). Mental changes were revealed in 93.3% and 86.6% of DU and CAC patients, respectively, in the disease aggravation. These changes persisted more continuously in CAC patients as they remained after the disease treatment unlike those in DU. Therefore, mental status of CAC patients needs correction.