Mental disorders in pediatric clinic

In general pediatric clinic 262 children aged 1-15 years with functional hyperthermia, functional disorders of cardiac rhythm (extrasystole, paroxysmal and recurrent tachycardia), arterial hyper- and hypotension, autonomic dysfunctions were examined. 21 children with organic cardiac diseases were examined too. Mental disorders were revealed in all the cases: mono- and bipolar affective disorders (58,1%) as well as affective-dilusional (10,4%) states, primarily in the form of "masked" hypomanias, neurotic and neurotic-like (16,2%), psychopathic and psychopathic-like (7,0%), psychoorganic (3,7%) and epileptiform (4,6%) syndromes. The spectrum of mental disorders was extremely wide - from practical normal (in limits of reactions of personal accentuations or age crisis) to endogenic diseases. Combined treatment including drug therapy, psychotherapy and family correction was quite effective.