Psychological effects of a geriatric drug on older patients

Abstract

The psychological effects of the geriatric drug pharmaton during long-term treatment can be summarized as follows: 1.The rigidity due to ageing in the field of cognitive and intellectual ability decreases markedly. Comprehension becomes faster, imaginative power more flexible, differentiation and clearness of comprehension, perception, as well as phantasy are considerably improved (VAT, RORSCHACH). 2.Critical observation (VAT) and concentration power (d2 and detail exactness RORSCHACH) are improved to a high degree. 3.Memory and ability to compretual abstract ideas (HAWIE ZN, GF, synthetic apperception power [RORSCHACH] distancing ability [VAT]) as well as intellectual flexibility (HAWIE subtest ZS, flexibility and decrease of rigidity [VAT]) are positively influenced.Enormous improvement can be found in the field of the visual-motivic coordination power (HAWIE subtest MT). 4.In the emotional field the changes proved by the understanding test (VETTER) and thematical apperception-test can't be found in the RORSCHACH test.These two other tests clearly show the positive influence of Pharmaton in the intraindividual field.The significance test applied in the groups' comparison in the RORSCHACH test was armed at statistical prediction of probability; for this reason the linear correlation evidently could not include the changes in the complex field of experience.The result of VAT, the improvement of integration of emotional and rational components of experience, is impressively confirmed and differentiated by TAT; the marked improvement of activity (increase of productivity and construction power in the RORSCHACH test), the change from a pessimistic to an optimistic basic mood and the enormous reinforcement in the positive tendency of the prospective view of experience.