[Various indices of mental deficiencies in patients with chronic circulatory disorders in the vertebrobasilar system].

Using clinical procedures and psychological tests, the authors studied intellectual and emotional characteristics in 75 patients with nonpsychotic forms of psychic pathology caused by chronic circulatory insufficiency in the vertebro-basilar system. Psychic disorders in such patients included asthenic, astheno-depressive and neurasthenic symptom-complexes. Their intellectual abilities were somewhat decreased and psychic activity was lowered. However, poor self-esteem and a low level of ambitions observed in such patients resulted in subjective underestimation of their intellectual potential which should be taken into account while determining the degree of their working ability and elaborating therapeutic and socio-readaptation measures.