Changing diagnosis of childhood psychosis.
The case findings of thirty-three children given a diagnosis of psychosis during hospitalization in the '50s and '60s were reviewed and rediagnosed in 1973. Childhood schizophrenia was the original diagnosis in 58% of the cases but was the rediagnosis in only 18% of those same cases. Chronic brain syndrome with various reactions (psychotic reaction, nonpsychotic behavioral reaction, and mental retardation and autism) was the diagnosis in 27% of the cases, originally, but was given to 67% of the cases on rediagnosis. One-third of the children originally diagnosed as psychotic were rediagnosed as nonpsychotic. Approximately two-thirds of the children were nonpsychotic according to the DeMyer-Churchill guidelines.
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012561:Schizophrenia, Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors