The characteristics of neurosis-like states and their treatment in children with retarded mental development
Kaubish, V.K.; Linskaia, L.N.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 90(5): 57-59
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 2168631 Document Number: 365709
As many as 162 children with mental retardation were examined. Neurosis-like disturbances were revealed in 60 children (37%). They were associated more frequently with the cerebral asthenic syndrome, motor disinhibition and psychopath-like behavior. For the most part the neurosis-like disturbances were provoked by psychic traumas in the families. Multimodality therapy carried out on a daytime hospital basis resulted in complete reduction of the neurosis-like symptomatology in 33% of the children.