Phenomenon of visualized concepts in schizophrenic children and adolescents
Ledenev, B.A.; Shevchenko, I.S.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 87(10): 1532-1534
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3425060 Document Number: 288081
The phenomenon of visualized notions has been studied in 42 children and adolescents with schizophrenia. It has been established that visualized notions, being a peculiar manifestation of the visual image thinking reflecting individual characteristics of the ontogenesis of the psyche, change under the impact of the pathological process, which provides certain clinical information. The assessment of qualitative characteristics and the dynamics of visualized notions in the process of analysis of the mental status may serve as an additional criterion in schizophrenia diagnosis.