Pseudodebility
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F44.8 | Other dissociative disorders (conversion disorders) |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Pseudodebility is the inhibition of development in children and adolescents (sometimes also in adults) due to external influences (e.g. war , lack of care and love , insufficient instruction , neglect).
It is not a question of a mental handicap , but a temporary disruption or delay in development (retardation), which can be reversed with sufficient stimulation and appropriate instruction.
The pseudodebility has no number of its own in the ICD-10 classification, but is counted among the “other dissociative disorders” with the code F44.88, which it shares with psychogenic confusion and the psychogenic twilight state .
Symptoms and ailments
The signs of pseudodebility are, for example, (alleged) ignorance and inability ; for example, the simplest questions are answered incorrectly. For example “3 + 5 = 40” or “What is the color of the sky? - Red! ”. Also, the memory , the motor skills , the social behavior and adaptability can be reduced. Sometimes there are all signs of a “real” debility , so that the two clinical pictures look similar to one another.
causes
The causes of pseudodebility are manifold, for example lack of attention and love, lack of stimulation, inadequate teaching, neglect , neglect , war or civil war , oppression , extreme social hardship , depression , anxiety , subjectively perceived excessive demands and affective rejection.
Consequences and complications
A pseudodebility that has existed since childhood can lead to the child being enrolled in a special school as “ mentally handicapped ” . Also possible are school , vocational and social problems such as isolation and bullying in professional life as well as a failure even in the simplest everyday activities . At an advanced age , pseudodebility can easily be confused with dementia , which may lead to admission to a nursing home .
treatment
First of all, one should intelligence test be performed to the intelligence quotient to measure. To prevent that the candidate ignorance or inability can pretend , the test should playfully and without the typical test situation take place. In addition, the quality of life of the person affected should be improved, that is, understanding on the part of others and no more excessive demands at school or work or bullying.
See also
- Intellectual disability , cognitive disability
- Hospitalism , deprivation
- Neglect , neglect
- Depression and anxiety
- Baby talk
- Ganser's syndrome (in adults)
literature
- Konrad Bundschuh: The intelligent school failure. On the problem of pseudodebility; an empirical contribution , 2nd edition, Schindele, Rheinstetten 1976, ISBN 3-88070-066-4 .
