PERSONALITY CHANGES AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS OF CHILDREN FOLLOWING PERTUSSIS

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Abstract
Many studies have been made of the cerebral changes in pertussis. These pathologic changes have been divided into three principal groups, namely (1) hemorrhagic, (2) degenerative and (3) inflammatory. Mental abnormalities associated with many of these neuropathologic changes have also been reported. In the present study, attention is directed to the personality changes and behavior disorders which may occur in children many years following an attack of whooping cough suffered early in infancy. A successive group of 500 problem children who had been studied intensively at the Child Guidance Home was selected and the incidence of whooping cough in the group was noted. This was found to be 48.6 per cent, or 243 cases. Of this number, 58 children were 2 years of age or younger when the attack of whooping cough occurred, while 60 were 2 to 5 years of age and 41 were 5 years or older when

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