Abstract

It was conducted a comprehensive survey of 100 men with depressive disorders. The clinical, psychopathological and pathopsychological features of depressive disorders associated with suicidal behavior in men were analyzed. All subjects were divided into two groups: the main group consisted of 51 patients with signs of suicidal behavior, control group consisted of 49 patients without signs of suicidal behavior. It has been shown that the clinical structure of depressive disorders is presented by sad (in 35.5 % of patients in the main group and in 34.7 % of control group), emotionally labile (in 29.9 % and in 31.3 %, respectively) and apathetic (in 34.6 % and in 34.0 %) variants. It has been established, that men with depressive disorders associated with self-destructive behavior have a high level of suicidal risk, low self-awareness of death, major or moderate depressive episode by MADRS, severe depression by HAM-D, clinically severe anxiety and depression by HADS, presence of serious suicidal intentions on the Columbian scale. Suicidogenic factors in men with depressive disorders are frustration of basic needs, loss of targeted personality installations and alcohol consumption. Keywords: depressive disorders, depression, anxiety, suicidal behavior.

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