Neuropsychological studies in neurotic disorders: clinical-pathogenetic and differential diagnostic aspects
144 patients with neurotic and neurosis-like cerebral residual-organic disorders were examined using a standardized neuropsychological test. The peculiarities of minimal cerebral deficiency and functional hemispheric brain asymmetry were investigated. The research revealed more severe diffuse neuropsychological symptoms in patients with lingering forms of neurotic disorders and neurosis-like pathology. The used neuropsychological test is considered to be a sufficiently sensitive and reliable tool to study central brain mechanisms in connection with the tasks of differential diagnosis in the specified groups of patients in order to provide an adequate treatment.