About permanent diagnostics in child psychiatry

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of diagnosis in child psychiatry. It is shown that errors in it are largely associated with the features of development at the early stages of ontogenesis. The need to take into account in the diagnostic process the theoretical positions of P.P. Blonsky, L.S. Vygotsky, D.B. Elkonin about crises in childhood and adolescence and V.V. Kovalev about the levels of neuropsychic response are discussed. The article shows that early developmental arrhythmia affects the diagnosis of such a pathology as autism spectrum disorder. It is emphasized that the typical childhood clinical diffuseness of the disorder is underestimated. It is argued that the heterochrony of development in childhood strongly requires a transition from noso-centered to risk-centered diagnostics.

Keywords

child psychiatry / developmental heterochrony / risk-based diagnostics

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