[Learning disturbances in developmental ages. Consideration of some clinical cases studied with a neuropsychiatric...

The psychoanalytic and neuropsychiatric literature on learning disturbances has been reviewed. Relations between learning disturbances, psycho-affective, cognitive and neurological development are examined. Particular attention is paid to Klein's theory of intellectual inhibition and the integrative approach described by Rothstein. Four clinical cases, which seem to exemplify the infantile neuropsychiatric integrative approach are then presented. Finally, stress is laid on the pathogenetic interrelations between psychopathological and organic aspects of the children considered and the similarities between learning disturbances and pseudo mental deficiency.