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© 2018, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective. To study clinical characteristics of depression in women and men. Material and methods. One hundred and twenty women, aged from 18 to 65 years, and 67 age-matched men with the diagnosis of recurrent depressive disorder (RDD) (ICD-10 F33) were examined using a specially developed survey. Results. Differences in the clinical picture and course of RDD in women and men were found. RDD in women develops at an earlier age, the number of attacks is greater but remissions are longer. However, complete remission is achieved more frequently in men. Most typical effect in the structure of depression in women is anxiety whereas melancholy prevails in men. Daily mood fluctuations and suicidal thoughts are characteristic of women. Motor retardation and decreased motivation are more frequent in men. Ideas of self-blame, avoidance of contacts with other people, adynamia, persistent sense of fatigue are more common in women. Sleep disorders are equally common in men and women but falling asleep disturbance and lack of sleep feeling are more common in women. Somatic symptoms of depression are generally more common in men as well as concomitant diseases of cardiovascular, respiratory and genitourinary systems. Men are more likely to abuse alcohol and other psychoactive substances. Conclusion. The identified characteristics of depression in women and men allow more accurate diagnosis and treatment recommendations.

© Ima-Press Publishing House. All rights reserved. Objective: to study the clinical features of depression in women compared with men. Patients and methods. 120 women aged 18-65 years with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD; ICI-10 F33) (a study group) and 67 men of the same age with RDD (a control group) were clinically examined using a specially designed schedule and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale. Results. The clinical picture and the course of RDD have gender differences. The earlier onset of the disease in women with a large number of depressive attacks and lower quality remissions is due to the relationship and mutual influence of menstrual and reproductive function and depression. Such typical symptoms of endogenous depression, as slow thinking, anhedony, decreased sleep duration and early morning awakenings, as well as diurnal swings of mood with its deterioration in the morning, were characteristic for most women and men. The pattern of depression in women is more commonly characterized by anxiety; ideas of self-accusation; suicidal thoughts; avoidance of contacts with others; weakness; fatigue; decreased or increased appetite; sleep onset insomnia; lack of sleep feeling. That in men is more often marked by symptoms, such as melancholy; motor retardation; decreased motivation; somatic symptoms of depression (tachycardia, constipation); comorbid panic attacks; and concomitant diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory and genitourinary systems. Men more frequently abuse alcohol and other psychoactive substances. Conclusion. The revealed features of depression in women and men will be able to more accurately diagnose and to prescribe adequate therapy.