METHOD OF SAND ART DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF NERVO-MENTAL DISORDERS OF CHILD AGE Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A61B5/16 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, psychiatry, psychoneurology and can be used in screening studies for primary psycho-prophylaxis as an express diagnosis of common mental and neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. Sand art diagnostics is conducted by setting the theme of sand animation or using a free theme. Child creates sand images on the light tablet, the researcher observes him while drawing and evaluates the results using a questionnaire that contains 23 items. Items characterize the behavior of the child – types of response. To determine the type of disorder and for the norm (H), each type of response corresponds to a specific value in points from 1 to 3, where the disorders are: childhood autism – CA, Asperger's syndrome – AS, Rett syndrome – RS, mental retardation – MR, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – ADHD, cerebral palsy – CP, developmental dyspraxia – DD, oppositional defiant disorder – ODD. Questionnaire items contain characteristics of the following types of response: adequacy of behavior, logical transition of picture frames, laboriousness, concentration of attention, switching of attention, accuracy of the pouring process, assessment of their work, accuracy of the entire work, aggression, auto-aggression, corrections, workplace order, work on mistakes, memory for learned techniques in drawing, stereotype of movements in drawing, identity in the plot – draws the same thing, speech accompaniment, concentration, coordination of working with two hands, the psychomotor sphere when working with two hands at the same time, verbal and non-verbal social interactions, own workspace on the light plate, non-verbal reaction to an error, damage, interference. Type of response that is appropriate for the child’s behavior during work is selected, all points are taken into account for each disorder and for the norm indicated for this item of the questionnaire. Sum of points for each disorder and for the norm for each item of the questionnaire and the ratio in percent of the amounts received to the maximum number of points for the corresponding disorder and for the norm are calculated, where the maximum number of points is equal to: N – 69, CA – 53, RS – 43, AS – 37, DD – 31, ADHD – 54, MR – 43, ODD – 30, CP – 35. It is determined whether the child has a neuropsychiatric disorder, for which the greatest value of this ratio is obtained in percent.

EFFECT: method provides for early detection of common neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood by any specialists in medicine and pedagogy.

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