General patterns in the clinical picture, etiology and pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric diseases on a neurotic level in young children
Kirichenko, E.I.; Kremneva, L.F.; Shevchenko, I.S.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 85(10): 1511-1516
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 4072512 Document Number: 242353
Children under 2 years of age are characterized by more diffuse neurotic reactions (a non-differential stage) to the action of psychogenic factors. After the age of 2.5-3 years children show complications of the type of neurotic reacting with the appearance of more diverse types of emotional responses and dominant monosymptoms expressed in impairment of one of the somatic, motor or other systems.