[The characteristics of the mental development of young orphan children].

The peculiarities of the development of 45 orphan children who were bringing up in one Moscow's "baby's home" in early age from birth till first 3.5 years had been analysed. The "orphan syndrome" which was characterized by both alteration in affective background of personality and para-autistic appearance of deprivation character had been described. The article emphasized that the conditions of ordinary bringing up which were formed on the basis of standard crèche and kindergarten programmes for normal children were insufficient for orphan children in "baby's home". Deprivation psychopathological manifestations in orphan children must to attract attention of psychiatrists as well as psychologists toward the necessity of correction and prophylaxis of these disturbances with their direction on the softening of maternal deprivation consequences.