RESULTS OF APPLICATION OF THE METHOD OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CORRECTION OF PSYCHOEMOTIONAL DISORDERS IN PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Actuality of the study. Estrogendeficient states and various stressful factors in perimenopausal women are the cornerstone of development of mental disorders for which treatment application of methods of psychotherapy is important. Aim of the study. Developing and introducing in practice the method of psychotherapeutic correction of psychoemotional disorders in perimenopausal women. Results. Examination and treatment of 48 women included into 2 groups was conducted: in the first (main) group (n=24) the complex treatment including the menopausal hormonal therapy (MHT) and psychotherapy was carried out; the patients of the second group (control group) received (n=24) only MHT. The offered method of psychotherapy is rather effective which is statistically proved by reliable decrease in levels of depression (Beck's Depression Inventory BDI), anxiety (StateTrait Anxiety Inventory - STAI) and neurovegetative manifestations (modified menopausal Kupperman-Uvarova index) on its application. Positive dynamics of the above indicators was more expressed in patients of the main group, who received only medicinal therapy. The therapeutic effect of complex treatment was characterized by its persistence: it remained within a year after initiation of the treatment.