[Depressive states in early childhood].
A group of 75 children of early age with depressive states of different origin comprising 25 children at high risk for schizophrenia, 30 orphans and 20 children with consequences of perinatal encephalopathy were examined. Clinical symptoms of these disorders had a number of peculiarities caused by depression origin, risk factors and the age. The most common features are the presence of somatic depression masks, somato-autonomic disturbances and signs of mental and physical retardation.
Golubeva
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Kozlovskaia
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Kalinina
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index