title: [The effect of abnormal interests on social ability of mentally ill children and adolescents].
abstract: Authors have studied 62 patients, aged 4-16 years old, who were admitted to the Moscow Children's Psychiatric Hospital №6. Patients had the following types of pathological interests depending on their context: intellectual interests, creative modeling, passionate, animalistic and cult. Three clinical variants of pathological interests depending on their structure have been singled out: «narrow», «overvalued» and «overvalued-delusional». These variants differed by the frequency and severity of basic components: affective, ideatory, specific activity drive. The distinct social-maladaptation effect of abnormal interests in children and adolescents was found. Its intensity depended on above-mentioned variants. Narrow abnormal interests defined moderate social disability which was revealed in the family circle. Overvalued interests were characterized by a considerable disability which included disorders of both family and school life. Overvalued-delusional interests predetermined severe disability of children and adolescent.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Sergeev
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Deĭch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009031:Moscow; D012925:Social Conformity