[Peculiarities of organic psychic infantilism in adolescents]. 2009

V V Grachev
Nauchnyĭ tsentr psikhicheskogo zdorov'ia RAMN, Moskva.

An aim of the study was to specify peculiarities of the clinical dynamics of organic psychic infantilism and psychopathological presentations of this disorder in adolescence. A significant prevalence of psychic infantilism caused by organic CNS damage in patients seeking psychiatric help in adolescence and a negative effect of this disorder on social adaptation in this period of life were found. Sixty-seven patients, aged 15-18 years, (ICD-10 diagnosis F06) with signs of psychic infantilism were studied. In these cases, psychic infantilism encompassed all aspects of mental activity and manifested itself as a constant personality trait that caused the infantile type of reaction to the most of life situations. The clinical heterogeneity of organic infantilism determined by the different degree of psychic immaturity in some areas of psychic activity and concomitant encephalopathy symptoms was noted. This allowed to single out 3 groups of patients: with domination of psychic infantilism in volition (28 patients), in emotional sphere (21 patients) and immaturity of cognitive functions (20 patients). The clinical heterogeneity of psychic infantilism likely reflects the character of CNS damage (localization and time of the damage) and specifics of related organic dysontogenesis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008606 Mental Processes Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. Information Processing, Human,Human Information Processing
D010553 Personality Development Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence. Development, Personality
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D001883 Borderline Personality Disorder A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV) Personality Disorder, Borderline,Disorder, Borderline Personality,Borderline Personality Disorders,Disorders, Borderline Personality,Personality Disorders, Borderline
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D041923 Adolescent Development The continuous sequential physiological and psychological changes during ADOLESCENCE, approximately between the age of 13 and 18. Development, Adolescent

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