[Clinico-psychopathologic features of hysterical disorders with altered consciousness in children].

In 7 children aged from 6 to 13 years with hysterical psychoses relatively rare psychopathological phenomena were found which were named by the author as short-time lethargy, prolonged somnabulism, hysterical automatism, the phenomenon of "personality split" and special fantasies. The paper contains a psychopathological analysis related to the age traits and clinical aspects of these conditions. A special place occupied by these symptoms in the psychotic structure is due, in the opinion of the author, to the appearance of "hypnoid-hypobulic" disturbances.