Vol XLIII, No 3 (2011)

There were analyzed basic objective laws of development of mental retardation forms, pointing to the progressive nature of this disease. It was shown that in common practice objective assessment of IQ by Wechsler is not perceived as essential criterion in definition of degree of mental retardation. Very often psychiatric patients become to be examined by psychiatrists too late, at about the age of 8 years, are quickly disabling and during later years are having a standard set of curative and rehabilitative activities, without any noticeable clinical effect. The first results of additional method usage of transcranial micropolarization and its effectiveness were shown, confirmed by the data of detailed neurophysiologies survey.

The article presents self-attitude patterns of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in relation to clinics and therapy of GAD. A variant of therapeutic resistance, due to involvement of current treatment in disease pattern of GAD is discussed. A way to overcome such therapeutic resistance variant is shown.

There were given characteristics of psychophysiological parameters of law enforcement officials, serving in Public Security Police and in Criminal Police. Analysis of psychophysiological state of law enforcement officials, depending on their service length, has been performed. It was determined that persons with different length of service differ in such psychophysiological parameters as trait anxiety, short-term acoustic memory, accuracy of senso-motor reaction and balance of nervous processes.

Fifty patients with neurotic disorders, 25 patients with neurosis-like disorders and 13 healthy volunteers (control group) aged from 18 to 61 years were studied during 2007-2010 year period in the Unit of neuroses and psychotherapy of the St. Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute. All the studied people passed special hormone and biochemical blood tests, indicating the level of oxidative stress as well. It was discovered that influence of stress in neurotic patients resulted in organism's adaptation that changed metabolic background in cells providing human survival in extreme conditions and reducing the risk of a cardiovascular pathology formation.

122 schoolchildren at the age of from 12 till 16 years, having suffered a craniocereberal trauma, were surveyed: the 1st group with brain concussion and the 2nd group with brain contusion of an easy degree. All the patients in the acute period and after 6 months had the acoustical caused potentials. The research revealed increase of the latent period mainly in the 2nd group. Parameters of amplitude of Р2 wave show that acoustical cortex regions are in a state of agitation for a long time.

Special features and methods in young children neuropsychological evaluation were examined. Ontogenesis peculiarities were shown, on which principle diagnostic principle formation is based. Classification of methods was offered with description of further usage of the obtained results. There were considered risks and approaches to neurological study of early age children.

The questions of pathogenesis of post stroke seizures, predictors and clinical peculiarities of epileptic seizures in patients with vascular lesions of brain, antiepileptic therapy, being frequently discussed in literature, were analyzed. Moreover, some peculiarities of methods of statistical data analysis were considered.

On the data basis of clinic- neurophysiologic monitoring there were offered electrophysiological criteria for determining the moment of preventive reflexotherapy start in patients with tension-type headache. Usage of this system in 25 patients during 8 months made it possible to improve reliably treatment results with decreased number of reflexotherapy courses as compared with the standard approach, when reflexotherapy was assigned only at clinical manifestation of the pathological process.

Mechanisms of formation of hypochondria in patient with comorbid panic disorder and alcoholic addiction were studied.