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Childhood Schizophrenia
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Childhood Schizophrenia
This paper discusses diagnosis and treatment of childhood schizophrenia. Internal footnotes.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages) |
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1972
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"The generalized definition of schizophrenia is "a pervasive impoverishment of personality." Among adolescents and adults, there are four major types of schizophrenia recognized: simple schizophrenia, characterized by gradual withdrawal, lack of initiative, and emotional apathy; catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by alternate states of profound stupor and frenzied excitement; paranoid schizophrenia, characterized by transient, poorly organized delusions of grandeur and/or persecution, usually with hallucinations; and hebephrenic schizophrenia, characterized by shallow and distorted emotions and silly or bizarre behavior.The psychological and mental processes of the child are not as well developed as that of the adolescent or adult, so the child is not capable of exhibiting such a range of symptoms ... "
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Childhood Schizophrenia (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Childhood-Schizophrenia/17198
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"Childhood Schizophrenia" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Childhood-Schizophrenia/17198>
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