[Development of pre-neurotic disorders in senior school students: hygienic aspects].
The prevalence of preneurotic abnormalies was studied in senior schoolboys from 4 Bryansk regional areas with different levels of radiation contamination. The study is aimed at elucidating the correlation between the rate of development of preneurotic abnormalities and the level of radiation load in the environment. The study used the data of questionnaire surveys among schoolchildren, school medical records, the results of Aizenok, Spilberger-Khanin, and Lusher tests, the data of the Bryansk Center for Hydrometereology and environmental monitoring. There has been no significant relationship of studied psychological parameters to the radiation contamination of an area where the pupils live; however, there is a tendency for deviation from the optimum level of anxiety in senior schoolchildren who reside in radioactively polluted area. While implementing a package of preventive measures, it is necessary to pay a particular attention to the psychological atmosphere in the family of pupils and to the pattern of their learning load.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*