Organic Psychopathy Syndrome

Organic psychopathy syndrome (old Klumpke-Ludwig syndrome or organic impotence syndrome) is a neuropsychiatric disorder manifested by a combination of symptoms of affective instability and mental disturbances. Organic psychopathy syndrome includes

The syndrome of organic (somatogenic) psychopathy is a set of symptoms that arise as a result of exposure to a specific factor on the central nervous system - trauma, infection or intoxication. The listed factors destroy the balance between the processes of excitation and inhibition, which is manifested by mental disorders (psychopathological syndromes).

The term “pseudopsychopathy” (organic or somatogenic psychopathy) was proposed by P. B. Gannushkin and developed by M. V. Korniliev. According to the researchers, such patients were distinguished by a high level of criticality in relation to their condition, an adequate reaction to the environment, and a lack of personal changes, but they avoided conflicts, avoided negative experiences and did not take part in social communication that was meaningful to them.

Most domestic and foreign researchers tend to believe that somatogenic (neurotoxicogenic) factors can also lead to the development of psychoses. We are talking about the interaction of exogenous harmfulness and dysfunction of visceral systems on each other. As a result, hyperkinetic vasomotor syndrome is observed, which is based on dysfunction of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. According to P. I. Sidorov and A. S. Rogovin, the disease is caused by functional hyperactivity of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system or an imbalance of parasympathetic and sympathetic influences on the optic nerves and the central parts of the nervous system as a whole. The domestic literature describes different