Psychometric study of the intellect in patients with hepatocerebral dystrophy
Makarova, V.A.; Shekhovtsova, L.F.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 89(3): 22-26
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 2728741 Document Number: 347514
Psychometric investigation was performed in 35 patients with hepatocerebral dystrophy. The techniques of Vexler, Raven, Kussi were used. Moderately marked signs of reduced intellect were found. The intellectual defect pronounced itself in the impairment of imaginative-active mental component irrespective of educational level. Verbal-logical notional thinking was preserved and matched the educational level. Cu depleting therapy caused regression of the intellectual deficit in a majority of patients. These peculiarities of intellect reduction in hepatocerebral dystrophy patients and the possibility of their therapeutic correction should be taken into account in assessment of labor capability and in recommendations as to future occupation.