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Clinical Observations on a Developmental Disturbance

E. DARYN, M.D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4(3):299-306.

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This article is dedicated to the late Dr. L. Steinitz, whose clinical work and thought stimulated and inspired this undertaking.

Introduction

The cerebral organic factor in psychopathology is gaining more prominence today in the field of child psychiatry. More and more attention is being paid to this by various researchers, and new professional literature is appearing regarding the diagnosis and treatment of disturbed children who also show evidence of organic brain damage. These cases constitute a very heterogenous group due to the great variety of the cerebral pathology involved (traumatic, inflammatory, neoplastic, etc.). So long as the neurological etiology falls within the limits of established nosology, at least part of the diagnostic problem is solved, and the question to be answered remains: What is the correlation between the psychological disturbance and the neurological background? The problem is still more complicated, however, when the neurological picture . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL

From the Department of Mental Health (Ramat Hen) of the Central Clinic of Kupat Holim (General Federation of Jewish Labour's Sick Fund), Tel Aviv.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 20, 1960.

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