[STRESS-INDUCED DEPRESSION IN OLD AGE: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PECULIARITIES OF THE PSYCHOGENIC SITUATIONS AND OF RELATIONSHIPS SYSTEM].

In the context of increasing life duration the issue of prevention and treatment approaches to the basic forms of pathology, in particular--neuropsychic, becomes more important. One of these forms widely spread is depression, which is often triggered by stressful situations. The aim of this work was to study the features of stress-induced depression in old age group and to carry out the content analysis of such situations and specific system of relations in this group of patients. A study of 120 patients correctly divided into experimental and control groups with consequent comparative analysis revealed the predominance of depression anxiety component represented in even greater extent than in the general characteristic of the elderly depression, the high significance of stressful factors affecting the nearest environment of patients and the appropriate role of dominance of microsocial components in their system of relations.