A study of clinical features of childhood schizophrenia
10.3760/j:issn:1006-7884.2001.01.008
- VernacularTitle:儿童精神分裂症临床特点的研究
- Author:
Libo JIN
1
;
Gongkai JIAO
1
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学脑科医院儿童心理卫生研究中心
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry
2001;34(1):27-30
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective The purpose of this study was to explore the distinctive alterations and tendency in symptomatology of childhood schizophrenia in recent ten years. Methods 234 cases with schizophrenia, who were hospitalized in Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University (group 1, 118 cases in 1986-1989; group 2, 116 cases in 1996-1999) were reexamined in a retrospective study. According to the age of onset, the cases were divided into four groups, as under 6 years, 6-9 years, 10-12 years and 13-15 years. The age of onset, alternations of symptomatology and its tendency in the four age groups were compared. Results It was observed some tendency that the average age of onset in Group 2 ［（11.6±1.6）years］ was 1.6 years earlier than that in Group 1［（13.2±2.0）years］（P<0.05）. Visual hallucinations in 10-12 years (66.7%) in Group 2 were more than that in the similar age group in Group 1（38.5%, P<0.01）. In comparison with Group 1, delusion of love was more observed in each age group except those aged under 6 years in Group 2（P<0.01,0.05,0.01）. The symptoms of schizophrenia concerning sexual problem, martial exercise, terror, superstition, fantasy, learning disability were more than ten years ago （P<0.01，0.05）. Conclusions It indicates that the age of onset of childhood schizophrenia become earlier in recent ten years, and delusions, especially that concerning sexual problem are more occurred.
