method for preventing suicidal behavior in elderly patients with neurotic depressive disorders

摘要

A method for preventing suicidal behavior in elderly patients with neurotic depressive disorders by psychotherapy. Taking into consideration specific psychopathological and pathopsychological predictors of suicidal risk in patients the combined use of psychopharmatherapy and psychotherapy is used, which consists of 4 stages, diagnostic - appointment of antidepressants, general stabilizing - with performing, on the background of intended pharmacotherapy, student-oriented, crisis, psychodynamic psychotherapy of pathogenetic - conducting group and individual psychotherapy, combining techniques of personality-oriented and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy with obligatory art therapy, psycho stage, which is carried out in the outpatient mode.