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Depression in the chronic course of schizophrenia

Timur Syunyakov, MD, PhD, Uzbekistan

Chief advisor on R&D, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Narcology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Leading expert (Coordinator on Statistical Data Analysis), International Centre for Education and Research in Neuropsychiatry (ICERN), Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
Senior researcher, Learning Center, SBFH «Clinical Psychiatric Hospital №1 named after Alekseev»

Depression in the chronic course of schizophrenia

Abstract:
Depressive disorders occur in 80% of patients with schizophrenia at some stage of its course, and its occurrence poses a serious risk for suicidal behavior and negative treatment outcomes. At the same time, depression can be difficult to differentiate from a number of other manifestations of schizophrenia: negative symptoms and side effects of antipsychotic therapy. The lecture discusses the reasons for the frequent coexistence of schizophrenia and depression, and reviews the approaches to its diagnosis and therapy.