title: [Subclinical mental disorders in middle-aged and elderly persons living alone].
abstract: The syndrome-nosological spectrum of subclinical mental disorders in lonely outpatients (198) was analyzed in comparison with a group of lonely old subjects (112) identified in the course of epidemiological study of elderly population. It is established that mild depressive disorders occur more frequently in connection with a lonely-dweller situation that old people find themselves in. The expediency is recognized of setting-up district services of medico-psychological aid for the aged to prevent mental disorders and perform psychological correction for social dysadaptation of the elderly persons experiencing stressful life events common for this age group.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011599:Psychopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Subklinicheskie psikhicheskie narusheniia u odinoko prozhivaiushchikh lits pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.