Infant Schizophrenia is a severe developmental disorder affecting most areas of children's adaptive functioning; especially the social field.

The objective of this work was to study the psychosocial implications of early onset schizophrenia.

We conducted a descriptive and retrospective survey on 58 children and adolescents who were hospitalized in the child and adolescent psychiatry department of Sfax for schizophrenia according to the DSM-IV TR criteria, during 14 years (from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2013)

In this study, patients frequently showed disruption of family interactions. Indeed, the child's relationship with his parents was marked by the withdrawal in 26% of cases, the dominance in 19% of cases and rejection in 13.7% of cases. For their part, parents demonstrated attitudes of indifference in 29% of cases, hyper protection in 28% of cases and rejection in 24% of cases.

In addition, adjustment difficulties were noted in 63.3% of cases, a tendency of isolation in 43.6% of cases and a conflictual relationship with peers in 27.3% of cases.

Academically, patients had difficulties in school in 62% of cases. It was as type of school decline in 36% of cases, absenteeism in 36% of cases, school disinvestment in 30.5% of cases and grade repetition in 12% of cases.

This study shows that children and adolescents with schizophrenia had family, social and school adjustment difficulties; which joined the literature as to the severity of early onset schizophrenia whose prognosis is often unfavorable.