Vol XLV, No 1 (2013)

43 patients with neurotic disorders (group 1) ,13 patients with cerebral residual organic neurosis-like disorders (group 2) and 13 healthy people (control group) were studied during their in-patient treatment in the Unit of neuroses and psychotherapy of the St. Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute in 2007-2010 year period. All the subjects of the study were in the age from 18 to 61 year. The patients (groups 1 and 2) filled in the SCL-90 questionnaire of psychopathological symptoms.All groups of the studied passed biochemical blood tests, tests indicating thelevel of oxidative stress and trace elements structure. All these characteristics were subject to correlation analysis. Interrelations of psychopathological symptoms indicated by SCL-90 and indicators of oxidative stress were revealed. These finding may help in neurotic disorders’ pathogenesis better understanding.

The results of studies of the anticipation peculiarities depending on the level of religious activity in neurotic disorders are resented. It is found that religious activity in the group of subjects with neurotic disorders is different (has its own specificity). It is shown that the predictive activity in patients with neurotic disorders is connected with religious activity and has its own characteristics.

The role of cognitive style and flexibility in alcohol dependence formation was evaluated in 157 adolescents and young males with alcohol dependence (main group, MG), 187 responders of control group without any signs of alcohol consumption problem and the comparison group of 110 male alcoholics with statistically significant older age and longer period of dependence than in MG and typically representing population tendencies for alcohol dependant male patients. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test has been used as a valid diagnostic instrument. There had not been noticed coarse and vivid lesions of cognitive style and flexibility, but there were revealed statistically reliable changes, evidencing the deficit of problem-solving behavior in this group.

The article reads up-to-date information on the development of spontaneous regulation of the psychic activities and behavior during childhood and the potential of group psychocorrection for children and their family members. The article contains the information on the goals of the implementation of the program of the development of spontaneous regulation of children as well as the approaches of psychocorrection. There were shown the results of short-time work of a psychologist. Children, participating in the group and their parents

The relationship between types of parental education and maternal attitude were studied in 101 girl-adolescents aged 13-18 with behavioral disorder and different drug addiction: opioid addiction, inhalant addiction, alcohol dependence, combined addiction of stimulants and cannabinoids. Three disadaptation styles of parental education were detected: panderring-inconsequential, directing-inconsequential and constant- directing.

Assessment of the role of tolerance to alcohol as a risk factor for acute alcoholic psychosis and seizures has been performed. In order to obtain quantitative data on alcohol tolerance was calculated daily rate of real tolerance as a result of reduction of volume indicators of different strength drinks, consumed during the day, to 40 ° alcohols. The relation of the real daily tolerance to age, diagnosis and family load of patients with complications of alcohol withdrawal was revealed. These data allow us to consider the daily tolerance to alcohol as a risk factor for acute alcoholic outcomes and seizures in young people, particularly those with family history of alcoholism.

The role of glial barriers arising at spinal cord injury was shown. Along with the well-known its negative role there was discussed the positive role of glial barrier and reactive astrocytes in maintaining the structural integrity of the brain tissue and the process of neuroregeneration. Cytokines of transforming growth factor family regulate the phenotype of astrocytes and control the production of inhibitors of axonal regeneration. The results of our studies of evaluating the efficacy of posttraumatic regeneration of rat spinal cord in the expression of pathological cavitation during transplantation in the damaged area of osmetic mucosa cells and mononuclear cells of human umbilical cord blood, as well as local delivery to the same area of therapeutic genes ofneurotrophic and angiogenic factors vegf and fgf2are presented.

The article is devoted to the study of emotional attachment to the parents of preschool children with adequate and inadequate age-sex identity. Characteristics of emotional attachment to the parents of preschool children (with adequate and inadequate age-sex identity) were established. Similar and distinctive characteristics of emotional attachment to the parents of preschool children with adequate and inadequate age-sex identity were revealed. The availability and specificity of the relationships between the characteristics of emotional attachment to the parents and the characteristics of age-sex identity of preschool children were defined.