[Family constellation of psychiatric patients in childhood and adolescence (with reference to personality characteristics)].

The comparison of 300 infant and adolescent psychiatric patients with 300 healthy persons of the same age group has shown a number of significant differences. The patients frequently come from incomplete families or divorced marriages; they are also exposed to unsuitable educational styles. There are more first-born children and more accentuated personalities in this group. Further differences worthwhile interpreting are traceable between psychoneurotic and psychosomatic patients.