Peculiarities of the psychological status of women with sexually transmitted diseases

Abstract

Objective: Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are shown are the most frequent causes of inflammatory form of urogenital system and some patients with STD have psychological problems, which are required consultation of psychiatrist. Than 30 non-pregnant women with STD were tested to detected of peculiarities of psychological status.

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Methods: Experimental-psychological tests: Lusher color test, Liri test for diagnosing of interpersonal relations and MMPI were used. Results, received in the Institute of Frontier Psychiatry, detected correlation between formalized data of those tests with presence of definite psychopathologic syndrome. This investigation allowed making a supposition of presence of disturbances from patients with STD. Average age of patients with STD was 30,6±1,3 years old.

Results: In 19 (65,3%) cases it was possible to suspect presence of psychopathological syndrome: excitable and astheno-hypochondric types - in 1 (3,3%) case, hysteric and schizoid - in 2 (6,7%) cases, hypothymie - 3 (10%) cases, explosive and cyclothymic - in 6 (20%) cases, respectively.

Conclusion: It is possible to highlight that received data are not psychiatric diagnoses. The high rate of suspected psychopathological syndromes in gynecological patients with STD must put the attention of gynecologists to this category of women and makes them to insist on the consultation of psychiatrist if it is necessary.