V pervoy chasti knigi predstavlena fenomenologiya depressivnykh, trevozhnykh i somatizirovannykh rasstroystv; privedeny kriterii ikh diagnostiki v sootvetstvii s DSM-III-R (1987), DSM-IV (1994) i MKB-10 (1994). Vtoraya chast' knigi otrazhaet rezul'taty original'nykh issledovaniy monopolyarnoy nepsikhoticheskoy depressii s edinichnym libo rekurrentnym tipom techeniya i otnositel'no pozdnim po vozrastu (35-55 let) manifestom zabolevaniya. Sformulirovan printsip v opredelenii tipologii depressii s uchetom generalizovannogo trevozhnogo rasstroystva libo ego subklinicheskikh proyavleniy. Opredeleno mesto patologicheskikh telesnykh sensatsiy v strukture depressii. Dana otsenka vliyaniya soderzhaniya stressora(ov) v formirovanii tipa depressii, otmecheno znachenie premorbidnykh osobennostey lichnosti. Predlozhena innovatsionnaya tekhnologiya v registratsii depressivnoy, trevozhnoy simptomatiki i soputstvuyushchikh depressii rasstroystv (Affektogramma); vydeleny klinicheskie prediktory effektivnosti v terapii depressii sovremennogo pokoleniya antidepressantov. Kniga prednaznachena dlya psikhiatrov statsionarnoy, ambulatornoy pomoshchi, psikhiatrov-ekspertov mediko-sotsial'noy ekspertizy. © Bobrov A.S., 2012 © GBOU DPO IGMAPO Roszdrava, 2012