[Diagnosis of borderline neuropsychiatric disorders in persons exposed to occupational physical factors].

The article deals with analysis of methodic approaches to diagnose of boundary neuropsychopathies (BN), covers the results of screening among industrial workers exposed to such physical occupational factors as sensory deprivation, noise and vibration, electromagnetic fields in cm and dm ranges. The screening was conducted by means of the authors' method for early diagnosis. The obtained results proved that incidence of BN and their structure depend to a large extent on special characteristics of occupational factors.

[Iatrogenic diseases and scientific and technical progress].

Evolution of the term "iatrogenesis" and a widening range of the diseases varying in origin and clinical appearance covered with this term are considered. It is emphasized that such interpretation misrepresents the primary meaning aimed at orientation of the physicians to evaluation of the patient and doctor personality in view of its role in the genesis of psychic and somatic disturbances which tends to loom large with further scientific and technological progress. Iatrogenesis is supposed to be relevant to pathomorphosis of the borderline psychic conditions, prenosologic diagnosis and screening of population, drug addiction and alcoholism management.