[Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in adolescent girls].

Objective: To analyze the premorbid features, clinical manifestations, dynamics and outcomes of ARFID in adolescent girls, as well as to clarify the relationship of ARFID with other eating disorders (EDs) and comorbid mental pathology.

Material And Methods: The study included 52 female adolescents, aged 10.2-16.

[The clinic of autistic disorders at an early age].

Objective: To study disorders of mental development and psychopathological symptoms in young children with autistic disorders of various origins.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and sixty-five children, aged 9 months to 4 years, (201 boys, 64 girls) with symptoms of autistic disorder were examined. The patients were divided into two age groups - the 1st group consisted of 36 children, aged 9 months to 2 years, the 2nd group consisted of 229 children from 2 years to 4 years.

[Evidence-based treatment of acute psychotic episode and schizophrenia in children and adolescents].

Children and adolescents are a special group in the context of psychopharmacotherapy. Given the limited choice of registered antipsychotics permitted in childhood, caution should be exercised in the choice of medication. This literature review reviews the current evidence base for pharmacotherapy of acute psychotic episode and schizophrenia in children and adolescents.

[Cogitum in children's neurology and psychiatry (experience in the practical use)].

The authors review current data on the role of the synthetic aspartic acid analogue N-acetyaspartate (NAA) in various biochemical metabolic reactions in the CNS. Its importance as a biomarker for neuropsychiatric disorders identified using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is noted. The authors present their own results of the use of cogitum, a synthetic analogue of NAA, in children with the effects of traumatic brain injury, mental retardation, hyperactivity disorder and in the complex therapy of schizotypal disorder.

[The creative therapy by M. Burno in the psychotherapy of adolescents].

Psychotherapeutic work with adolescents is a complex and challenging work. Clinical psychotherapy and creative psychotherapy (invented by M. Burno) have got an indisputable potential in use for the children and adolescents with mental disorders.