On pathopsychological features of the personality of women suffering from lues

Abstract

Medical and socio-psychological factors of the origin and development of neurotic and neurosis-like disorders in lues patients are analyzed based on the major theoretical concepts of Russian medical psychology. Pathopsychological factors and features of the personality of venereal patients were found by comprehensive investigation using psychodiagnostic tests and questionnaires. The main types of neurotic disorders, and connected with them nervous and psychic stress and anxiety levels as well as accentuation of character are described. The results of utilization of the different questionnaires in a lues clinic are discussed and the dominant factors playing a role in occurrence of neurotic disorders in lues were established and analyzed.