[Hydrocephalic psychopathy. Psychopathology and clinical symptoms in organic psychosyndrome]

In reviewing the literature on the psychopathology "of chronic hydrocephalic psychopathy" attention is called to its complexity which includes also lack of any symptoms. Nevertheless a group can be distinguished showing affective disorders of diencephalic type. Glaus and Walther-Büel examined patients with disturbances of mood and energy due to hydrocephaly who were ascribed to the psychosyndrome of local organic brain foundation after M. Bleuler; according to the aeromegaloid psychopaths they were called "hydrocephalic psychopaths". A new case is discussed who presented a small-delinquency for years with long-during forensic consequences before the discovery of a marked hydrocephaly of unknown etiology; relapses could be avoided by compensation of the forensic measures by medical and psychoagogic care. The difficulties of diagnosis are shown with emphasis on neuroradiologic clarification in suspect cases.