PECULIARITIES OF FORMING NERVO-MENTAL DISORDERS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AMONG MOSCOW STUDENTS DURING THE LEARNING PROCESS AT SCHOOL

Abstract

The peculiarities of the forming the most common functional deviations and chronic diseases in students in the school ontogenesis dynamics are revealed. The morbidity dynamics of functional disorders and chronic diseases of the nervous system and mental sphere is presented. We analyzed changes in the prevalence of functional visual impairment and chronic diseases of the visual analyzer. The course of the pathological processes after the diagnosis of each student was evaluated according to the data of specially developed catamnesis questionnaires. We found a high level of functional disorders’ occurrence frequency of the nervous system and mental sphere (together) in primary school students and the rapid growth rate of the indicator from the 8th to the 11th forms. Visual impairment is characterized by an increase in the prevalence and unfavorable course of pathological processes during the whole school ontogenesis. The revealed functions of deviation and chronic diseases testify to the negative role of excessive academic load of students, psycho-emotional and visual overstrain in the formation of pathological conditions in school students.