Clinical peculiarities of depressive disorders in patients with malignant gastrointestinal tract tumors

Abstract

Unipolar depression is prevalent in inpatients with GIT tumors. Following types of depressions have been distinguished: with cognitive disturbances, anxious-hypochondriac and agitated ones. For oncologists and surgeons clinical symptoms of high likelihood of depressive disorder in oncological pathology of GIT are as follows: pain, disturbance of quality of sleep, experienced weakness and breakdown, experienced fear, tension and sudden panic with agitation.

Keywords

• коморбидность
• депрессия
• желудочно-кишечный тракт
• рак