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[Clinical evaluation of the mental development of children during the 1st year]
Zhurnal Nevropatologii I Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952)
|January 1, 1984
Insights
Mental development in infants is interconnected with other functional systems. Objective assessment requires considering these correlations for timely interventions in newborns and infants.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Pediatrics
Context:
- Study involved 520 infants under one year.
- Examined infants in both normal and pathological conditions.
- Focused on the formation of mental functions.
Purpose:
- To investigate the integrated development of mental functions in infants.
- To determine if psychic development retardation occurs in isolation.
- To establish criteria for objective mental development assessment.
Summary:
- Retardation of psychic development in newborns and infants is never an isolated phenomenon.
- Mental development is intrinsically linked to the formation of other functional systems.
- Objective assessment necessitates a holistic view, correlating mental progress with other developmental milestones.
Impact:
- Highlights the importance of a systems-based approach in assessing infant development.
- Informs early therapeutic and corrective strategies for developmental delays.
- Provides a foundation for more accurate diagnosis and intervention planning in pediatrics.
Abstract:
A combined study of the formation of mental functions in 520 infants under one year of age in normal and various pathological conditions was carried out. The authors conclude that the retardation of the psychic development in newborns and infants never occurs in the isolated form. Thus, the objective assessment of mental development may be made only in correlation with the formation of other functional systems which is important for the elaboration of early therapeutic and corrective measures.