Mental Development Disorders in Childhood

The textbook contains a systematic presentation of the main pathopsychological patterns of mental development disorders in children. A number of general patterns of abnormal development are identified. The role of various factors in the occurrence of asynchronies in the development of pathopsychological neoplasms is shown, an original classification of types of mental dysontogenesis is presented, and their psychological structure is described. The manual can be useful for defectologists, child psychiatrists, neurologists, teachers and educators of special children's institutions.