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Psychopharmacological treatment of psychotic children: A SURVEY
Author(s) -
Jørgensen O. S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb06963.x
Subject(s) - childhood schizophrenia , autism , psychosis , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , infantile autism , clinical psychology , medicine , pediatrics
Controlled investigations on the psychopharmacological treatment of psychotic children are reviewed. Children with infantile autism might benefit from psychopharmacological medication when they grwo older, e.g. above the age of 7 years. Learning might be facilitated when the psychoactive medication is able to inhibit psychotic preoccupations and idiosyncratic reactions. Schizophrenic and manic‐depressive psychoses are rarely seen in childhood. A subgroup of the children with infantile autism might develop schizophrenic symptoms. Schizophrenia and manic‐depressive psychosis in children are treated as in adults. Special caution must be paid to the toxic effects of imipramine.