The spread of depressive disorders is extra high nowadays. Depressive disorders are widespread mental disorders in the structure of mental pathology, both causes of psychiatrists’ visit, and causes of medical aid. The presence of depressive syndrome in patients with cardiovascular system leads to deterioration patient’s condition and adaptive abilities and aggravates somatic abnormality. Adequate therapy causes their reduction, prevention of recurrence and decompansation of comorbid somatic pathology, and eliminates severe medical and prevents social consequences. The study of clinical aspects of depressive conditions which are accompanied with pathology is one of the direction not only psychiatric, but also common pharmacotherapeutic investigations. The aim of the investigation was to determine clinical, pharmacotherapeutic and biorhythmic peculiarities of depressive disorders in patients with comorbid cardiac pathology. And also assessment of efficacy of complex therapy based on chronotherapy principle was used. 50 patients (female patients) with depressive disorders were involved in this investigation. This was performed based on “Depressive disorders of organic genesis, characterized by somatic pathology” (F 06.35), “Somatoform disorder” of heart and cardiovascular system (F 45.30), “Mild depressive episode” (F 32.00), and also comorbid arterial hypertension confirmed by physician. Clinical, laboratory, clinical and psychopathological investigations using psychodiagnostic scales (scale HAMD-21, CGI-S, CGI-І) were used. Individual biorhythmic status was established and it requires medicamentous therapy. Comparing patients of both groups, it has been detected a group of patients in whom principles of chronotherapy, especially antihypertensive and antidepressive therapy were prescribed, dynamics of patient’s improvement was better than in the investigated group where the principle of chronotherapy was observed.

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