Background. The study of depression and anxiety in the first episode of BAR is important for the timely detection, treatment and prevention of poor diagnosis of the disease.
Objective – the study of the features of depressive and anxiety symptoms of the first episode of bipolar affective disorder, taking into account the gender factor and the clinical type.
Materials and methods. We have clinically examined 65 men and 88 women diagnosed with first episode (FE) of bipolar affective disorder (BAD).
Results. In patients with depressive FE of BAD, all indicators, with the exception of the undifferentiated depression indicator, in men are slightly higher than in women: the overall indicator (respectively 22.55±3.61 points and 22.16±3.03 points); adynamic depression (17.41±2.62 points and 16.76±2.48 points); pervasive depression (9.75±3.13 points and 9.69±2.66 points); depression with fear (9.34±2.55 points and 9.51±2.27 points); undifferentiated depression (4.89±0.95 points and 5.01±1.22 points); in patients with the mixed variant are not significantly different: accordingly 15,83±2,64 points and 17,00±3,32 points; 11.00±1.67 points and 11.80±1.64 points; 6.67±1.63 points and 6.60±2.07 points; 7.33±1.21 points and 8.00±1.87 points; 3.67±1.03 points and 3.40±1.14 points; in patients with a manic type there are no signs of depression. The indicators of anxiety in men and women do not differ significantly: in the depressive variant, the total indicator was accordingly 21.41±7.01 points and 23.36±7.01 points; psychic anxiety – 13.25±3.86 points and 14.35±3.87 points; somatic anxiety – 8.16±4.05 points and 9.01±4.10 points; when mixed, accordingly, 20,00±4,52 points and 22,00±4,90 points; 13.33±3.27 points and 15.20±2.39 points; 6.67±3.27 points and 6.80±3.70 points; the manic variant showed no signs of anxiety. The mean Zung score for the depressed variant was 68.82±8.30 points and 65.97±8.41 points, accordingly, for the mixed one, 44.00±5.55 points and 50.40±5.32 points, accordingly, at a manic variant 2.13±1.64 points and 2.50±1.60 points.
Conclusions. Differences in manifestations of depression and anxiety in the first episode of bipolar affective disorder are determined by the clinical option; the impact of gender on these manifestations is insignificant.