Dissociative (conversion) states in persons with personality disorders E. R. Khagverdi Department of Psychiatry and Narcology of the A. Aliyev Az State State University of Internal Medicine Dissociative (conversion) states are quite common among the population, in including those with personality disorders. The mechanism of occurrence of dissociative (conversion) states has not been fully studied. The question of the nature of the connection between these disorders in individuals with hysterical personality disorder, which is often described by researchers, has not yet been resolved. Such well-known authors as A.E. Lichko believed that dissociative (conversion) states mostly occur in patients with hysterical personality disorder. P.B. Gannushkin, E. Kretschmer, in turn, considered these conditions without linking them to a specific personality disorder. Thus, the question of the frequency of occurrence of certain dissociative (conversion) states in individuals with various personality disorders is not fully studied and debatable. In view of this, the purpose of this work was to study the frequency of occurrence of certain dissociative (conversion) states in individuals with various personality disorders. Material and methods. We examined 26 patients with personality disorders aged from 18 to 50 years (9 men, 17 women). The work used clinical, psychopathological and follow-up methods for examining patients. The distribution of these individuals by type of dissociative (conversion) states and type of personality disorder is given in Tables 1, 2. Types of dissociative (conversion) states in persons with personality disorders Table. 1 Dissociative (conversion) state Number of patients with this syndrome Nausea, vomiting 8 Shortness of breath 9 Stuttering 4 Paresis 3 Fainting 6 Convulsions 7 Amnesia 3 The results of the examination of 26 patients are presented in table 2 Dissociative (conversion) states in persons with personality disorders Table. 2 Personality disorder Number of patients Dissociative (conversion) state Nausea, vomiting Shortness of breath Stuttering Paresis Fainting Convulsions Amnesia Paranoid 2 (100%) 1 (50%) 1 (50%) Schizoid 3 (100%) 1 (25%) 2 (50%) 1 (25%) Emotional unstable 2 (100%) 1(50%)1(50%) Hysterical 5 (100%)3 (60%)4 (80%)1(20%) 3(60%)4(80%)2 (40%) Anxious7 (100%)1 (14.3%)3 (42.8%) 2 (28.6%)1(14.3%) Dependent 6 (100%)3 (50 %) 2 (33.3%) 1 (16.6%) The survey results showed that dissociative (conversion) states were observed in almost all persons with various personality disorders. In addition: 1) In persons with hysterical personality disorder, dissociative (conversion) states were characterized by variability, instability and shorter duration over time. Among the existing dissociative (conversion) states, syndromes with a more profound impairment of consciousness dominated in them. In 80% of people with this disorder, dissociative (conversion) states at one time or another manifested themselves in the form of dissociative convulsions 2) In all patients with non-hysterical personality disorders, dissociative (conversion) states were present for a long time in the form of a monosymptom, were stable and were accompanied by less depth disturbances of consciousness. Literature 1) Gannushkin P.B. Selected works. - M., 1964. 2) Gannushkin P.B. Clinic of psychopathy, their statics, dynamics, systematics // Selected works. - M., 1964.3) Psychology of individual differences. Texts / Ed. Yu.B.Gippenreiter, V.Ya. Romanova. M.: Moscow State University Publishing House, 1982.4) Kretschmer E. Body structure and character. - M.: Pedagogika-Press, 1995.5) Churkin A.A., Martyushov A.N. A brief guide to the use of ICD-10 in psychiatry and narcology, M., 1999 iv (conversion) halların yayılması.