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Psychotic Children with Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. E. Garralda
M. E. Garralda*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester and Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Charlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 2AA
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Summary

In a retrospective study, 20 psychotic children and adolescents with hallucinations were compared with 15 psychotic controls without hallucinations. In the former, auditory hallucinations predominated, which tended to be localised in the internal space of the child. Subjects with hallucinations had significantly more symptoms of depression and anxiety, more precipitants of illness and problems in reading ability. There was a trend for increased laconic speech in them. The findings suggest a link between hallucinations and mood and cognitive changes in children and adolescents with psychoses of late onset.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 1 , July 1984 , pp. 74 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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