[Poisoning with a high dose of amitriptyline in a 9-year-old girl]

In the submitted case-history the authors publish the case of successful treatment of a 9-year-old girl whose life was at risk after intoxication with a large dose of amitriptyline. Concurrently they deal with the social background of emotional disorders and some peculiar features in this girl with suicidal behaviour; attention is also drawn to specific features of the psychopathological picture of psychiatric child morbidity.