title: [Hydrocephalic psychopathy. Psychopathology and clinical symptoms in organic psychosyndrome].
abstract: In reviewing the literature on the psychopathology "of chronic hydrocephalic psychopathy" attention is called to its complexity which includes also lack of any symptoms. Nevertheless a group can be distinguished showing affective disorders of diencephalic type. Glaus and Walther-Büel examined patients with disturbances of mood and energy due to hydrocephaly who were ascribed to the psychosyndrome of local organic brain foundation after M. Bleuler; according to the aeromegaloid psychopaths they were called "hydrocephalic psychopaths". A new case is discussed who presented a small-delinquency for years with long-during forensic consequences before the discovery of a marked hydrocephaly of unknown etiology; relapses could be avoided by compensation of the forensic measures by medical and psychoagogic care. The difficulties of diagnosis are shown with emphasis on neuroradiologic clarification in suspect cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Zum Problem der "hydrocephalen Psychopathie". Zur Psychopathologie und Praxis bei hirnlokalem Psychosyndrom.