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[Severe psychomotor instability in child psychiatry. Hyperkinetic states or psychomotor incontinence]
Insights
Severe psycho-motoric instability, or psychomotoric incontinence, in children often leads to publications. This study reviews the condition, presenting 20 cases, and finds only improvements, not cures, in 40% of patients.
Area of Science:
- Pedopsychiatry
- Child Neurology
- Developmental Psychology
Context:
- Hyperkinetic states and severe psycho-motoric instabilities present a significant challenge in pedopsychiatry.
- Existing literature on this topic is vast but of variable quality.
- The term 'psychomotoric incontinence' is proposed to define these severe conditions.
Purpose:
- To delimit the concept of severe psycho-motoric instability (hyperkinetic syndrome/motoric incontinence).
- To provide a critical historical review of the problem.
- To present clinical aspects supported by personal case examples.
Summary:
- The study analyzes 20 personal cases of severe psycho-motoric instability.
- It examines etiology, pathological antecedents, neuro-psychological, and electro-encephalographic data.
- Findings indicate that only ameliorations, not full recoveries, are achievable in approximately 40% of cases.
Impact:
- Provides a refined conceptualization of psychomotoric incontinence in children.
- Offers clinical insights based on extensive personal experience and data.
- Sets realistic therapeutic expectations, highlighting the potential for improvement rather than cure.
Abstract:
The pedopsychiatric problem of severe psycho-motoric instabilities of hyperkinetic states, that we prefer to designate as psychomotoric incontinence, is at the origin of great amount of publications of inequal value. After having delimitated the concept of severe psycho-motoric instability (hyperkinetic syndrome or motoric incontinence) and a critical historic review of the problem, the author relates the various clinical aspects with twenty personal cases as example. The clinical and therapeutic experience of the author, the etiology, pathologic antecedents, neuro-psychological and electro-encephalographic data concerning this clinical condition, show that only ameliorations (in 40% of the cases), and not recoveries, are to be expeected.