[Influence of environmental and climatic factors on the incidence and course of stenosing laryngotracheitis in children with acute respiratory diseases].

A clear correlation was found between the development of stenosing laryngotracheitis (SLT) in the presence of viral infection, its severity, and the environment well-being of an area where a child resides. The level of environmental pollution and the interaction of environmental factors and weather-climatic ill-being, which vary with time and have regional features, adversely affect the course of SLT and require mandatory correction during complex therapy and seasonal antirecurrent treatment. The increase in the incidence of childhood SLT may be a biological indicator of the environmental ill-being of a region.

[Role of microsocial conditions in the development of the psychopath-like syndrome in adolescents with early residual-organic brain lesions].

The authors studied 150 adolescents aged 12-15 years with the psychopath-like syndrome associated with an early residual-organic cerebral damage. The adolescents were divided into 2 groups according to whether the psychopathlike disturbances took the form of (a) emotional instability or (b) explosiveness. It has been established that the formation of various forms of the psychopath like behaviour is determined by pathogenic microsocial factors.