[Structure of mental pathology among various adolescent population groups (clinico-epidemiological study)]

The authors have examined 1455 adolescents aged 15-17 yrs, those followed up at a psychiatric outpatient clinic and from the general population. The study has revealed the distribution of different forms of mental diseases and their syndromal structure. The authors stress the polymorphism of psychopathological appearances and describe some features of mental disturbances in adolescents.