[Reactive depression in adolescents].

On the basis of studying the characteristic features of the clinical pattern of depression in 105 patients, the author specifies four variants of psychogenic depressive states in adolescence: (1) the basic variant characterized by the development of typical depression; (2) a variant of subclinical psychogenic depressions with behavioral disturbances; (3) a variant of recurrent depressions; (4) a variant of the so called anaclitic depressions. Specific characteristics of their clinical picture and course were ascertained and the features distinguishing them from psychogenic depressions in adults are presented.