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R J Corboz

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PubMed1985

[Early childhood autism and schizophrenia].

The lecture is based on the phenomenalism of autism and schizophrenia. Essentially their mutual appearance is described: the contact and relation disability. According to Merleau-Ponty, "être au monde" means "être ouvert au monde" and to be possible to be open "á soi-même". The clinical reports of the autism and of the schizophrenia may be understood as particularly phenomenons of the interpersonal relations. Three examples illustrate the amplified theory. Finally the autors emphasize the importance of the contact and of the relation in the therapeutic work with those autistic children as to give them a new access to the world.

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PubMed1984

[Psychological aspects of different forms of puberty].

The somato-psychic development in puberty should not be described isolated. It has to be brought in connexion with childhood on the one side and the age of the young adults on the other side. Puberty and adolescence generally are not used as synonyms. They accord with two different stages of development, succeeding one another between childhood and adulthood. They take a different, either harmonious or synchronous course. An asynchronism is often partial cause for a puberal crisis. Besides, one has to consider phenomenons like retardation or acceleration of development. These special kinds of development are illustrated by examples with two retarded adolescents. On the end, the author takes briefly up some therapeutical possibilities.

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PubMed1983

[Clinical aspects of depressive states].

During the last 4 years (1979-1982), 4117 patients have been examined in our out-patient department. Since the most important dates of each patient are electronically registered, it was easy to ascertain the frequency of the depressive conditions with the computer. This amounts to 819 and corresponds to 19.9% of the patients examined during that period. The depressive states were divided in 4 categories: 1. depressive reactions, 2. depressive developments, 3. neurotic depressions, and 4. endogenous depressions. Of all depressive patients, only 27 were treated with drugs. The others were treated with the classical methods of the child- and youthpsychiatry, that is psychotherapy including family-therapy, educational measures and interventions in the social field. Patients with a depressive reaction never received any drugs. The few patients who suffered from an endogenous depression all received thymoleptica in combination with a Lithium salt. However, one dozen patients with a neurotic depression respectively with a depressive personality development received various drugs, whereby the antidepressants were leading, but not prescribed alone. Neuroleptica as well as psychotonica were prescribed, especially for children suffering from an infantile psychoorganic syndrome (MBD, ADD) with a depression. Psychotrope substances have their place in the treatment of depressive conditions in childhood. Their scarce and critical use is in the interest of the children.

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PubMed1982

[Psychosomatic correlations in pediatric ophthalmology].

Somatopsychic disturbances encompassing both ophthalmologic as well as child-psychiatric phenomena mainly occur in ADD: Central disorders of eye motoricity (strabismus) and disorders of visual perception are encountered. Dyslexia or dysorthography often occur as secondary phenomena. The psychosomatic or psychogenic disturbances affect not only the lid mechanism but also visualization. In the lid region, nictation tics and trichotillomania of the eyebrows and eyelashes occur. Psychic impairment of vision may range from a slight amblyopia, often associated with limitation of the field of vision, to complete amaurosis. The symptomatology is described and illustrated with examples.

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PubMed1979

[Catamnesis of prospective conscientious objectors in the years 1971-1973].

In 1975, Gloor and one of us checked the prospective objectants (i.e. objectants to military service) of the years 1971 to 1973. The written paper is a katamnestic study of these cases (N = 127). 35 got a dispensation for psychiatric reasons. 7 of them, however, did serve in the military service, 6 were sentenced for refusal of serving, and 21 proved unfit for military service. Three fourths of the men fit for military service were also sentenced for refusal, the others are serving in the military service.

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PubMed1979

[Further studies of prospective conscientious objectors in the years 1974-1976].

This present study is concerned with the prospective objectants to military service in the years 74 to 76. Objectants are men liable for service who, at the enlistment, declare to object any form of serving in the military service. 40% of the 178 objectants were unfit for serving for psychiatric reasons. The main causes being neurotic disturbances and infantilism. 91 objectants belong to the church of Jehovah's witnesses. In objectants, indeed, the objecting itself is a symptom of the psychic disorder. Since 1971, the number of prospective objectants did not rise with statistic significance, the contrary being true for the real objectants (i.e. who do not serve in the military service). The portion of prospective objectants in all men enlisting to military service was never greater than 1.5%.

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PubMed1977

Psychiatric aspects of stress in children and adolescents.

The notion of "stress", the concepts of normal or pathological adaptability are applicable to child and adolescent. The stress is not a fixed value and depends on the personality of the child, on his degree of development and on his environment. Each educator ought to know the difference between a stimulus necessary to the development and a harmful and dangerous stress, especially when the latter is very intense and repeated to an extent which does not permit a normal adaptability. These basic notions can be applied to different stages of development as well as to extraordinary situations (divorce, death of a parent, illness of the child, etc.) which may arise.

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PubMed1976

[Psychiatry of minimal, early-childhood brain damage].

Early psychoorganic syndrome in the child is the result of a diffuse cerebral lesion which usually occurs in pregnancy, during delivery or immediately post partum. In the majority of cases the symptoms are biological, normally of a neurologic character, and serve to underpin the diagnosis. They mainly comprise psychomotor disturbances, linguistic disorders and malregulation of central nervous functions. From the psychic viewpoint both intellectual and emotional disturbances are observable. Intellectually the disorders are chiefly of attention, perception and concentration, and in most cases lead to seriously impaired school performance. They are accompanied by an ideation which is frequently retarded and exhibits a tendency to perseveration. The psychoorganic child's affectivity is marked by pathologic lability, increased irritability and imperfect control of impulse and emotion. Secondary infantilism is nearly always observable. In very many cases reactive, and notably neurotic, disorders are superimposed on the psychoorganic substratum. There are thus a wide variety of clinical pictures. A broad spectrum of therapeutic resources is available, covering education, drugs and psychotherapy of superimposed reactive disorders.

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