[Features of the psychic functions of patients with severe degrees of oligophrenia].
Clinical and experimental study involving occupational therapy was conducted in two age-different groups of patients with idiopathic oligophrenia at the stage of idiocy and profound imbecility bordering on idiocy. It proved to be possible to alter behavioural reactions of the patients and to develop in them some stable occupational skills. The results obtained point to the possibility of the development of the primitive purposeful forms of behaviour and correction of the psychomotor defects by occupational therapy, particularly in early childhood. Methodology has been elaborated for organizing the process of occupational therapy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008606:Mental Processes; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D009949:Orientation; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests
Osobennosti psikhicheskikh funktsiĭ u bol'nykh tiazhelymi stepeniami oligofrenii.