Mental disorders in basaloma

There were observed 70 patients (21 men, 49 women) with basaliomas (cancer of the skin). Mental disorders were observed in form of affective disorders (depression, hypothymic colour of the surrounding), syndrome of dismorphophobia-dismorphomania, relatively short cancerophobic feelings, somatogenic...

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Published in:	Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova Vol. 99; no. 11; p. 10
Main Authors:	Marilov, V V, Molochkov, V A, Lukina, O A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 1999
Subjects:	Carcinoma, Basal Cell - psychology Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Depressive Disorder - etiology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Skin Neoplasms - psychology
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Summary:	There were observed 70 patients (21 men, 49 women) with basaliomas (cancer of the skin). Mental disorders were observed in form of affective disorders (depression, hypothymic colour of the surrounding), syndrome of dismorphophobia-dismorphomania, relatively short cancerophobic feelings, somatogenic asthenia and a development of personality disorders. A forming of the mental disorders were conditioned at basaliomas by a complex influence of both somatogenic and psychogenic factors. An influence of the psychogenic factors was relatively transitory and psychologically comprehending (dysmorphophobia, cancerophobia, depression). An influence of the somatogenic factors predetermined a stability, a duration and a small reversibility of mental disorders (asthenia, irritative weakness, pathological development of the personality).
ISSN:	1997-7298