Borderline mental disorders in patients with prostate cancer

Sixty five patients, aged 48-87, with prostate cancer at different stages were studied. Borderline mental disorders were found in all the patients. in the majority of them, affective disorders in the form of anxiety-depressive (52,3%) and astheno-depressive (24,6%) syndromes were observed. Astheno-hypochondriacal and dysphoric syndromes were detected less frequently (in 15,4% and 7,7% of the cases, respectively).