[Phenomenon of visualized concepts in schizophrenic children and adolescents].

The phenomenon of visualized notions has been studied in 42 children and adolescents with schizophrenia. It has been established that visualized notions, being a peculiar manifestation of the visual image thinking reflecting individual characteristics of the ontogenesis of the psyche, change under the impact of the pathological process, which provides certain clinical information. The assessment of qualitative characteristics and the dynamics of visualized notions in the process of analysis of the mental status may serve as an additional criterion in schizophrenia diagnosis.