Apathy in the structure of mental and neurological disorders of the old age

Avedisova A.S.

Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology

SPIN RSCI: 4339-6749
Scopus AuthorID: 6602410560

Guekht A.B.

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University;
Research-Practical Center of Psychoneurology

SPIN RSCI: 7691-3288
Scopus AuthorID: 7003326363
ResearcherID: Y-6725-2018
ORCID: 0000-0002-1170-6127

Zakharova K.V.

Research-Practical Psychoneurological Center, Moscow, Russia

SPIN RSCI: 7952-2535
Scopus AuthorID: 35735637400
ORCID: 0000-0001-6756-735X

Dashkina G.K.

FGBU "Gosudarstvennyĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr sotsial'noĭ i sudebnoĭ psikhiatrii im. V.P. Serbskogo" Minzdrava Rossii, Moskva

Popov G.R.

GBUZ "Nauchno-prakticheskiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ tsentr" Departamenta zdravookhraneniia Moskvy, Moskva

Apathy in the structure of mental and neurological disorders of the old age

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Avedisova A.S., Guekht A.B., Zakharova K.V., Dashkina G.K., Popov G.R.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2014;114(6): 77‑85

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Avedisova AS, Guekht AB, Zakharova KV, Dashkina GK, Popov GR. Apathy in the structure of mental and neurological disorders of the old age. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2014;114(6):77‑85. (In Russ.)

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The studies on apathy, a common phenomenon in psychiatry, are summarized. The definitions of this term suggested by different authors are presented. The difference between apathy as a symptom and apathy as a syndrome is described. Main pathogenetic mechanisms of the development and epidemiology of this disorder, the results on the differential diagnosis of apathy and depression in patients with neurological and mental diseases as well as methods of treatment are presented.

Keywords:

neurology

psychiatry

apathy

depression

pathogenesis

treatment