A Description and Comparison of Several Selected Aspects of Childhood Schizophrenia and Infantile Autism
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Authors
Crum, Faith
Issue Date
1966
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
In this paper I will briefly
trace the development of child psychiatry and the early investigations of adult schizophrenia in order to show how
they influenced the development of the concept of childhood
schizophrenia. In the next section I will describe the
syndrome and discuss the increased information which recent
studies have provided and several questions which are still
unresolved. I will then go on to describe the specific
disorder which Kanner identified and called "early infantile
autism." In the early studies this particular disorder was
not distinguished from childhood schizophrenia, but now it
has come to be considered a unique syndrome. I will discuss
it in detail, and suggest several possible etiological considerations.
I will endeavor to make clear the specific
differences between childhood schizophrenia and autism.
In conclusion I will discuss two possible explanations for
the causation of the syndromes.
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iv, 93 p.
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