[The use of hyperbaric oxygenation in treating mental patients resistant to psychopharmacotherapy].

127 patients were observed: 65 schizophrenic patients and 62 patients with vascular mental disorders. The treatment by hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) was applied in such patients to overcome resistance to psychopharmacotherapy. A positive clinical effect was marked in 72.

[The complex diagnosis of an epileptogenic focus].

Among 289 patients with epilepsy who were subjected to complex examination including study of the structure of the seizures, examination of the neurological status, neuropsychological and repeated electroencephalographic examination, 226 patients (78.7%) were found to have distinct focal changes. Operative treatment was undertaken in 178 patients of this group; the results were favourable, excellent in 35.