Lischka A, Groh C, Frisch H, Schubert M T, Tatzer E
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 1984 Apr 13;96(8):294-8.
Psychosocial dwarfism is a syndrome caused by emotional deprivation (maternal deprivation), characterized by symptoms of delayed motor and intellectual development, abnormal eating and drinking habits, enuresis and encopresis, aggressiveness and a pathological family structure. Diagnosis of psychosocial dwarfism is easy if the case history is carefully elicited and the growth hormone level is determined within the first few days following change in environment (e.g. hospitalization). Difficulty in reaching the correct diagnosis or misdiagnosis can occur if the symptomatology is not studied in its entirety. Diagnosis at the earliest possible stage is very important for the further development of the child, since behavioural disturbances and growth retardation are reversible with environmental change. This is demonstrated by the presentation of the case history of a 6 year-old boy--the third case reported in the German literature.
心理社会侏儒症是一种由情感剥夺（母爱剥夺）引起的综合征，其特征为运动和智力发育迟缓、异常的饮食习惯、遗尿和遗粪、攻击性以及病态的家庭结构。如果仔细询问病史并在环境改变（如住院）后的头几天内测定生长激素水平，心理社会侏儒症的诊断并不困难。如果不全面研究症状学，就可能难以做出正确诊断或出现误诊。尽早诊断对儿童的进一步发育非常重要，因为行为障碍和生长迟缓可随环境改变而逆转。一名6岁男孩的病史介绍证明了这一点——这是德国文献中报道的第三例病例。
