The effects and side effects of overcorrection for self-stimulatory behaviors of two children, who had been diagnosed as schizophrenic in a specialized day care program were evaluated. (Author)

Incomplete intersensory integration development in schizophrenic children appears to be an underlying source of symptom expression and formation which usually fails to improve with age. (SB)

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, Illinois, 1968).

The booklet reviews the findings of a Danish longitudinal study involving 200 children (10-20 years old) at risk for schizophrenia and 100 controls. The views of the study's investigator, S. Mednick, regarding the schizophrenic Ss' learned avoidance and heightened physiological response to stress are explained. Other findings discussed include…

A 70 item card-sort, the Conflict in Marriage Scale (CIMS), was devised to compare martial dissension, conflict involving children, and dominance reported by parents of schizophrenics (S) , MALADJUSTED (M), and community (C) young people. Each of the 77 middle class families had at least two children aged 13 through 27, with index patients 15…

Diagnostic criteria and follow-up findings on groups of children diagnosed by various investigators as childhood schizophrenic, autistic, or atypical were reviewed. (Author)

Briefly reviewed are clinical studies of serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and its metabolites in children with central nervous system diseases which affect brain function. (Author/MC)

Examined were research data on the symptomology and etiology of three classes of psychiatric disorder in children: autism, schizophrenia, and disintegrative psychosis

An experimental study designed to examine the relative effectiveness of operant conditioning and play therapy in improving the communication and social functioning of psychotic children was presented and discussed. (Author)

This study sought to determine whether children of schizophrenic and manic-depressive parents would evidence more psychopathology on psychological testing than children of nonpsychotic parents and whether psychopathology in children at risk would be similar to adult psychopathology. Variables of age, sex, and race were considered. (Author/SJL)