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Abstract
An obsolete concept, historically used for childhood mental disorders thought to be a form of schizophrenia. It was in earlier versions of DSM but is now included within the broad concept of PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS.
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- Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia, Childhood
- Childhood Onset Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia, Childhood-Onset
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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obsolete concept, historical; do not use for schizophrenia in a child; see scope note
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Childhood Schizophrenia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012561. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012561
- Childhood Schizophrenia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_schizophrenia
- Childhood Schizophrenia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17162576