[Mental disorders in children with congenital meningomyelocele]

The paper is concerned with mental disorders in 82 patients aged 3 to 14 years with a cerebrospinal hernia located primarily in the lumbosacral part of the spine. The majority of children and adolescents with relatively preserved mental development (trained in accordance with the routine school program) manifested borderline disorders that correlated in 90% of cases with the symptoms of compensated hydrocephalus and psychogenic (reactive) formations-- astheno-depressive conditions, reactions and others due to the feeling of physical deficiency (motor insufficiency and disorders of pelvic functions).