Early psychical disorders at children with epilepsy

Abstract

Introduction:

A research of an early psychical disorder at children plays an important role in exploration of epilepsy. These children have broad spectrum of various pathological states which manifest early attacks of epilepsy (Betts T.A., 1995). The aim of current research is to learn early psychical disorders at children with epilepsy.

Methods:

346 children in the age of 3-18 with epilepsy and psychical, behavioral disorders were observed between attacks of epilepsy. The disorders were compared with DSM- IV.

Results:

In most cases (54,9%) psychical, behavioral disorders didn't have association with epilepsy and in 45,1% of cases had association with epilepsy. These disorders had four variants: the mental deficiency – 70%, the psychoorganical syndrome – 21,6%, autism spectrum disorders – 2,6% and behavioral disorders – 5,8%.

190 children with psychical disorders had many injury factors in ontogenesis of brain. These factors were complicated pregnancy and childbirth, a trauma in the childbirth, negative heredity (relations these children had the mentally subnormal and addictional problems) and unfavorable environment. Children had the symptomatically, generalizationally and focally forms of the epilepsy.

Conclusions:

At children epilepsy may be accompanied by the mental deficiency, psychoorganical syndrome, autism spectrum disorders and behavioral disorders. These conditions have no association with debut of epilepsy but psychical disorders and epilepsy undoubtedly complicate each other making these disorders harder.