The structure of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients of the neurological hospital

Abstract

The article analyzes the structure of anxiety-depressive disorders in neurological hospital patients. The study used validated scales: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the scale for assessing the level of reactive and personal anxiety (developed by C. D. Spielberger and adapted by Yu. L. Khanin). The author comes to the conclusion that more than a half of the patients surveyed experience feelings of anxiety or depression at subclinical and severe levels. In addition, in patients with anxiet y trait anxiety predominates.