Mental Development of Children with Non-epileptic Paroxysmal States in Medical History
Turovskaya N. Ph.D. in Psychology, Senior lecturer, general and clinical psychology department, the state budget educational establishment of higher professional education “the Volgograd state medical university” of Russian Federation Ministry of health, Volgograd, Russia, turovskayanata@mail.ru
The author studied mental functions disorders in children with a history of paroxysmal states of various etiologies and compared mental development disorder patterns in patients with epileptic and non-epileptic paroxysms. Study sample were 107 children, aged 6 to 10 years. The study used experimental psychological and neuropsychological techniques. According to the empirical study results, non-epileptic paroxysms unlike epileptic much less combined with a number of mental functions disorders and intelligence in general. However, non-epileptic paroxysmal states as well as epileptic seizure associated with increasing activity exhaustion and abnormal function of the motor analyzer (dynamic and kinesthetic dyspraxia). Visual memory disorders and modal-nonspecific memory disorders have more pronounced importance in the mental ontogenesis structure in children with convulsive paroxysms compared to children with cerebral pathology without paroxysms history.
Keywords: cerebral organic pathology, epileptic and non-epileptic paroxysmal states, mental development disorders, mental functions, dynamic praxis, kinesthetic praxis, increased exhaustion of mental activity, modal-nonspecific memory disorders
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