Clinical forms of the psychoorganic syndrome

Abstract

Introduction: Organic mental disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders and ranks 4th in the structure of global prevalence. Today about 430 min people suffer from 1 or more mental disorders. 13,4% of these suffer from psychoorganic syndrome. In the US 75mln cases are registered annually. In RM during ’05-08 there was an increase in the incidence of mental illness by 9,5%. In 2010 there were 98564 patients with mental illness. More than 60% of patients with organic mental disorders develop psychoorganic syndrome. In separate studies the incidence of psychoorganic syndrome was studied, ranging from 15,2% to 32%. Purpose and objectives: To study the clinical variants of the psychoorganic syndrome, to estimate its evolution and methods of treatment. Material and methods: The basic methods used were: clinical and statistical methods. The clinical method included: history taking, observation and description of clinical manifestations. To assess the memory process the method of memorizing 10 words was used. Miller’s rule was applied. To assess thinking disorders the following were used: association between objects and their significance, explaining metaphors and proverbs. Results: We studied the incidence of etiological factors. We correlated the syndrome form with: degree of education, relationships with close people, ability to work etc. We highlighted the most frequent clinical manifestations. Conclusions: The psychoorganic syndrome is aver frequent disorder, which limits the ability to work, affects the relationships with family and friends and the general condition of the patient. Patients should be diagnosed carefully based on clinical findings in order to choose the most adequate treatment and improve the patients’ quality of life.