[Neuropsychiatric disorders in children whose relatives have epilepsy]

Using clinical electro-encephalic and experimental psychological methods, 75 children born to epileptic parents were examined. The clinical picture of epilepsy in children was found to correlate with the severity and duration of the disease in the parents. In the majority of children the onset of the disease was characterized by non-convulsive paroxysms. The main course of disadaptation of the children to the environment, which hindered their learning in school was mental change expressed in the form of intellectual, emotional and characterological disorders.