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A relatively large percentage of children seen at a mental retardation clinic demonstrated psychotic symptoms. The entire group with psychotic manifestations, 62 in all, were reviewed in order to clarify the diagnosis of childhood psychosis or mental retardation. The 1961 British criteria for childhood psychosis were used and are advocated by the authors. Childhood psychosis was the primary diagnosis in 38 cases, and psychosis secondary to brain damage in 24 cases. Onset of the condition under the age of three years and a poor prognosis for social recovery were characteristic of the entire group.Obvious emotional disorder was present in 21 mothers and 14 fathers. There was a continuum in terms of number of psychotic symptoms, level of intelligence and presence of organic signs. It is concluded that there is an overlap between the entities of childhood psychosis and mental retardation.
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PMID:CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSIS OR MENTAL RETARDATION: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA. I. PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS. 1408 85

Childhood psychosis is a complex problem. The cases of any developmental deviations in children deserve its consideration. This type of child will need a multidisciplined approach involving the medical profession and those para-professionals in the educational area. The use of medication appears to be an important factor so that various other attempts at thereapy, such as speech, art, and education, can be better appreciated. Whether the child should also be labeled mentally retarded or not depends on the available facilities such as a residential center. It appears that with early detection and the start of appropriate doses of medication, that secondary mental retardation can be prevented and the deterioration to a more severe psychosis averted. Whether the psychotic picture in the long-term outlook can be stopped remains to be seen.
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PMID:Childhood psychosis and long-term chemo and psychotherapy. 1789 86