[Phobic syndromes in mentally ill adolescents].

The incidence of phobias in 1731 adolescents with mental disorders was estimated as 15,2%. A clinical follow-up study included 261 patients, aged 15-17 years, with ICD-10 diagnosis of phobic disorders. One third of patients was diagnosed with organic non-psychotic disorder, while one third with a disorder of endogenous cluster, the other nosologic units were represented rarely. The ratio of male to female was 6:1. Frequency allocation in a spectrum of phobic types was as follows: the fear of darkness (23%), social phobia (20,8%), with about a half of the fears being connected with the study process, thanatophobia (15,8%). Other types were found less often. The analysis of nosologic specificity of phobia content demonstrated an unspecific character of the fear of darkness. Mannered, with complicated content, exaggerated "childish" phobias were presented mainly in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.