Abstract
The authors discuss first the meaning of compulsive-obsessional symptoms in childhood. They introduce the problem of differential diagnosis between obsessional neurosis and depressive disorders complicated by obsessions and psychotic mechanisms. They refer on 4 cases with compuslive-obsessional symptomatology, each of them showing a different structural level: respectively organic psychosis, prepsychosis, obsessional neurosis, and cyclic depression with obsessions. Therapeutic and prognostic addresses are proposed on the ground of structural evaluation.
| Translated title of the contribution | Compulsive - obsessional symptoms in childhood |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 609-616 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Psichiatria dell'Infanzia e dell'Adolescenza |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)