DISORDERS OF HIGHER PSYCHICAL FUNCTIONS IN ENCEPHALOPATHY OF DIFFERENT GENESIS

Abstract

We examined the patients with encephalopathy of different genesis (vascular from the exposure of mercury and alcohol). Besides the comparison of clinical picture of disease the comparative analysis of psychological and neuropsychological indices was performed. The disorders of higher psychical functions revealed in patients with encephalopathy from different etiological factor may testify the dysfunction of subcortical-frontal systems that take part in the regulation of cognitive functions.

Keywords

• occupational disease
• chronic mercury intoxication
• alcoholic encephalopathy
• discirculatory encephalopathy