[Psychopathological aspects of present-day forms of acute viral neurologic infections]

During a prospective ++clinico-psychopathological study, carried out for many years, of the modern forms of acute viral neuroinfections on a material of the specialized hospital, the highest incidence (73%) of different manifestations of mental pathology was established in patients with encephalitis and meningoencephalitis. One or another psychic disorder (of the psychotic or nonpsychotic level) was discovered to be formed preferably depending on the gravity of a viral neurologic disease, acuity and etiotropic++ characteristics of the pathological process. Encephalitis induced by herpes simplex virus (type I) was found to be characterized by the gravest outcomes as regards the mental status.