Depression in the structure of somatoform disorders in children, its significance, the role of serotonin and tryptophane in the emergence of these disorders

Abstract

The disorders of the autonomic nervous system are an actual problem of modern child and adolescent medicine due to the wide prevalence, polymorphism of clinical manifestations as well as the negative impact on the quality of children’s life and adolescents. The syndrome of autonomic dysfunction (SAD) is considered as polysystemic disorders that arise as a result of violation of the activity of over-segmental vegetative structures. In modern psychiatry SAD is often considered as «Somatoproformal dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system». This concept combines a group of psychogenic diseases that are characterized by pathological symptoms resembling a somatic disease but according to the results, there are no morphological manifestations are detected with them, although often there are nonspecific functional disorders.