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III. the Family and Social Background in Childhood Psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

I. Kolvin ,
C. Ounsted ,
L. M. Richardson  and
R. F. Garside
I. Kolvin
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Nuffield Child Psychiatry Unit
C. Ounsted
Affiliation:
Park Hospital for Children, Oxford
L. M. Richardson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
R. F. Garside
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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The first paper of this sequence discussed the division of childhood psychoses into those with onset before the age of 3 (infantile psychoses, I.P.) and those with onset after the age of 5 (late onset psychoses, L.O.P.). The second paper described in detail the clinical phenomena in 80 psychotic children so classified at Oxford or Newcastle (see Table I), and showed that this division corresponded to clear-cut distinctions in the clinical pictures. The I.P. group showed gaze avoidance, abnormal pre-occupations, self-isolating patterns of behaviour, echolalia, overactivity. The L.O.P. group showed hallucinations and thought disorder. With these two groups clearly established we now look to see whether anything in their family and background also distinguishes them.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 545 , April 1971 , pp. 396 - 402
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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In papers III to V Yates' correction has not been applied to χ2 analyses, but exact probabilities have been calculated when N < 50.

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