Mental disorders in adolescence and youthful age (clinical illustrations)

The problem of timely detection of mental disorders in adolescence and youthful age still retains its relevance due to the frequent of these conditions by the features of a puberty crisis. In connection with the current tendency of the World Health Organization, to popularize knowledge of psychiatry in the presented publication in an accessible form to non -core specialists, a characteristic of changes taking place during growing up, general information about serious mental disorders developing at this age is described, specific for this development period is described Psychopathological syndromes (dysmorphophobia/dysmorphomania, anorexia nervous, hypochondriac, goboid, metaphysical intoxication, youthful asthenic insolvency) with clinical illustrations and consideration of options for manifestation of these conditions, depending on their belonging to one mental illness.

presented Information on the features of mental disorders in the teenage and youthful period can make a significant contribution to the timely orientation in the problem situation and provide assistance to such patients.

The book is primarily addressed to Internet psychologists working with persons of adolescence youth, but can also be useful to other specialists interacting with this age contingent, beginner psychiatrists, students of medical universities and psychological faculties that are interested in psychiatry and mental disorders of the adolescence and youthful period.