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[Clinico-psychological study of children at high risk for the development of behavior disorders]
Insights
Children with brain damage and from dysfunctional families are at high risk for behavioral disorders. Early intervention is crucial for these vulnerable children.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychology
Context:
- Identifies children at high risk for pathological behavioral disorders.
- Focuses on young children with ante- and perinatal brain damage from socially maladaptive families.
- Includes a clinico-psychological and sociological study of 30 children and their parents.
Purpose:
- To investigate the factors contributing to disadaptive behavior in children.
- To understand the impact of familial and mother-child interaction on clinical presentation.
- To determine the efficacy of specialized interventions.
Summary:
- A study examined young children with brain damage and from adverse family environments.
- Findings show that disharmonic family settings and distorted mother-child interactions negatively affect clinical outcomes, including developmental delays and behavioral issues.
- The research highlights the pathoplastic effect on encephalopathy manifestations.
Impact:
- Suggests the need for early psychotherapeutic, psychocorrective, and therapeutic-pedagogical interventions.
- Recommends specialized children's institutions for at-risk youth.
- Provides insights into the complex interplay of neurological damage and social environment on child development.
Abstract:
The earlier detected factor determining the disadaptive behaviour of mental patients formed a basis for grouping children with a high risk of pathological behavioural disorders. The authors conducted a clinico-psychological and sociological study of one such high risk group composed of young children with ante-and perinatal damage to the brain who came from socially disadaptive families. Thirty children and their parents were studied. A pathoplastic effect of a disharmonic familial setting and a distorted nature of the interaction in the mother-child system on the clinical picture including manifestations of encephalopathy, retardation of mental development, specific disorders of communication and the first signs of behavioural disturbances was elucidated. A conclusion was drawn about the advisability of psychotherapeutic, psychocorrective and therapeutic-pedagogical work with such children in a special children institution.