Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector4698510.17816/kazmj46985Research ArticleP. B. Gannushkin and privat-docent S.A. Sukhanov. To scholarship about melancholy. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neuropathology and Psychiatry, 1902, book 6ToporkovN.info@eco-vector.com1001190331-221221510202015102020Copyright © 2020, Toporkov N.2020<p>The research of the authors is based on 278 cases of melancholy; this number included both inpatient (minority) and outpatient patients. The authors establish that women are more disposed towards the disease of melancholy than men; and that among the mentally ill women, not less than one-tenth of them are those who suffer from melancholy. Heredity is noted in 82% of cases.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив