Introduction:

depression is the most common psychiatric illness. About 20% of people suffer from depression during their lifetime, of which 70 % are women and can be suffered at any age.

Objective:

to characterize hospitalized patients with diagnosis of depressive episode based on clinical symptoms, therapy applied and presence of complications at Dr. León Cuervo Rubio Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital. Pinar del Río during the years 2017-2018.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed. The target group included 116 patients with clinical diagnosis of depressive episode who needed psychological treatment during hospitalization. Data were obtained from clinical histories, and through interview and observation.

Results:

it was evidenced that female gender was mostly affected, in ages between 40-59 years. The main risk factors identified were social factors, such as health relatives, economic factors related to the patient's personality, and biological factors. The main symptoms were reduced attention and concentration, loss of self-confidence and feelings of inferiority, guilt and uselessness.

Conclusions:

decreased of attention and concentration were present in all patients with predominance of guiltiness and uselessness ideas, scarce complications, cognitive behavioral therapy was the treatment of choice.

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