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Phenomenology and classification of the childhood psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Fred R. Volkmar ,
Donald J. Cohen ,
Yoshihiko Hoshino ,
Richard D. Rende  and
Rhea Paul
Fred R. Volkmar*
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
Donald J. Cohen
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
Yoshihiko Hoshino
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
Richard D. Rende
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
Rhea Paul
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
*
11Address for correspondence: Dr F. R. Volkmar, Child Study Center, PO Box 3333, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Synopsis

Two hundred and twenty-eight cases of children with final clinical diagnoses of childhood psychosis were reviewed using a standard coding scheme; cases were grouped in three broad categories on the basis of clinical diagnosis (autistic, atypical and schizophreniform). These three groups differed significantly in many respects, although the ‘atypical’ group more closely resembled the autistic group. While it was possible meaningfully to differentiate diagnostic groups using DSM-III criteria, some cases were difficult to classify. Childhood schizophrenia, as strictly defined, was far less common than childhood autism. The development of diagnostic schemes for those children whose disorders are difficult to classify is an important topic for future research.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 191 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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