Citation

Shiurkute A. Zh. Nevrol. Psikhiatr. Im. S. S. Korsakova 1999; 99(1): 26-29.

Vernacular Title

Vozrastnye aspekty psikhopatologii impul'sivnykh vlechenii..

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Media Sphera)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11530454

Abstract

15 children and adolescents with impulse control disorders (mean age 12.9 years) were examined. These disorders were presented as dromomania, kleptomania, aggressive-sadistic actions, tricholillomania, pyromania; a combination of different types was observed in some cases. Schizophrenia was diagnosed in 7 cases, affective disorders--in 8 patients. Independently of the nosologic unity of the disease, development of the impulse control disorders took place in affective disorders which manifested either by monopolar course (depression) (11 cases), or by bypolar attacks with unclear outlines of the phases (4 patients). Psychopathology of impulse control disorders in children and juveniles was analogous to that of the adults, however, their structure wasn't so complex and development of the phases wasn't so clear.

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