Behavioral disorders at adolescent with primary cerebral dysfunction

Abstract

Introduction

The object was to explore behavioral disorders at adolescent of female sex with a primary cerebral dysfunction.

Methods:

49 adolescent of female gender in age of 11-16 with a primary cerebral dysfunction, behavioral disorders and with intelligence quotient more than 80 on the Wechsler's scale were observed. All adolescent were explored with clinical, neuropsychological and neurological methods.

Results:

At all adolescent were early psychical disorders (in 100% of cases), brain trauma in age of 7 (22%) and negative sociological environment (79%). They had symptoms of psychoorganical syndrome with behavioral and emotional disorders. These disorders were presented by such psychopathological variants as apathic (15%), labile (38%), hyperactive (41%) and aggressive (16%). The spectrum of the behavioral disorders was studied in the relation to the age. The standard development of behavioral disorders was noticed in the age of 7-10. The worsening of cerebral dysfunction, psychopathological traits of personality disorders were in the age of 12. And the formation of the psychopathy with behavioral disorders was in the age of 16.

Conclusions:

The behavioral disorders at adolescent of female sex with primary cerebral dysfunction were bound with gender and options of psychoorganical syndrome.