A history of childhood schizophrenia and lessons for autism.
Autism spectrum disorders
Causally formulated diagnoses
Child psychiatry
Childhood schizophrenia
Diagnostic criteria
Journal
History and philosophy of the life sciences
ISSN: 1742-6316
Titre abrégé: Hist Philos Life Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 8003052
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Aug 2024
12 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
23
07
2022
accepted:
17
07
2024
medline:
12
8
2024
pubmed:
12
8
2024
entrez:
12
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The diagnosis of childhood schizophrenia was widely employed in the U.S. from the 1930s to the late 1970s. In this paper I will provide a history of the diagnosis. Some of the earliest publications on childhood schizophrenia outlined the notion that childhood schizophrenia had different types. I will outline the development of these types, outlining differing symptoms and causes associated with various types. I outline how different types of childhood schizophrenia were demarcated from one another primarily on age of onset and the type of psychosis which was believed to be present. I will outline how various child psychiatrists viewed the types of childhood schizophrenia posited by other child psychiatrists. I will outline the process of abandoning childhood schizophrenia. I use my history to challenge what I believe are misconceptions about childhood schizophrenia. Also, I will use my history to draw lessons for thinking about modern notions of autism. It shows potential problems around formulating psychiatric diagnoses around causes and how compromises might be needed to prevent those problems. Additionally, childhood schizophrenia shows that psychiatrists could formulate subtypes that are not based upon functioning levels and that we can conceive of subtypes as dynamic whereby someone can change which subtype they exhibit over time.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39133341
doi: 10.1007/s40656-024-00627-5
pii: 10.1007/s40656-024-00627-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Historical Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
29Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 209868/Z/17/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Economic and Social Research Council
ID : ES/I02767X/1
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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