Persons with visually impaired, depression features of expression

The object of investigation - experiencing a visual impairment (RNP) people for depression and the occurrence of indicators of the level. Relevance of the topic - Depression is a common mental disorder, which affects not only people with disabilities, but touches and healthy individuals. Inheritance, age, gender plays an important role in how much depression can be. Individuals with visual impairments are at greater risk to have the mind-related health problems (Piera, Paller, Montorio, 2010). At the time of disability issues and examines the Lithuanian and foreign authors doing research and writing articles. However, studies of Lithuania visually impaired people in a situation prone to depression and depression dependence on cognitive and somatic indicators we found. Because of the lack of scientific articles and research on the subject, do research in this area is very topical. Goal Identifying Depression, the cognitive and somatic factors in the occurrence of the level of visual disability experiencing (RNP) for individuals and their dependence on the disability level of economic and social factors. Hypothesis Depression characterizing cognitive (psychological) level indicators can not depend solely on visual disability people in a situation affecting the function level, also visually impaired people experiencing depression can lead to the occurrence of somatic (physical condition of the body reflective) indicators and factors of social life. Tasks 1. Set of depression expression level of RNP individuals and compared the cognitive and somatic factors in depression severity of depression. 2. Set level of disability influence the occurrence of depression, its characteristics and cognitive and somatic depressive factors change. 3. Set gender on the occurrence of depression, its characteristics and cognitive and somatic depressive factors change. 4. Person to evaluate the economic and other social factors influence the occurrence of depression RNP persons. Findings 1. 52.4% of the analyzed visually impaired persons exposed to various levels of experiencing depression caused by somatic factor of depression. 2. Was found that depression presence among visually impaired people in a situation, is not a disability severity. Reisman has a somatic factor indicators. 3. Visually impaired men possibility of depression is higher than in women. Their more severe depression results in emergence of somatic factors indicators. 4. Younger age, living with one child, employment or training work, higher income, leisure enjoyment and participation of persons with disabilities in social life and physical activity reduces depression RNP individuals developmentally chance