[Types of personality reactions in children and adolescents with hysterical disorders]

Results of clinical and catamnestic examinations of 108 children aged 5 to 10 years with diagnoses of hysterical reactions, hysterical states, and hysterical type of development are presented. An analysis of anamnestic data revealed factors of increased risk that contributed to the dysharmonic development of the individuals suffering from hysterical neurosis. Forms of personal hysterical responses, such as, hysterical, hysteroasthenic, hystero-explosive, and hystero-phobic ones, are classified. It has been found that the hysterical forms of the response result from complicated interactions of the psychic trauma, the peculiarities of the premorbid state, the child's education and somatic state.