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Children with a schizophrenic disorder: neurobehavioral studies

R F Asarnow1, W Brown, R Strandburg

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA.

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
|January 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Schizophrenic children often exhibit early developmental delays in language and motor skills. These delays may stem from limited information-processing capacity, impacting skill automation.

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Area of Science:

  • Childhood Neuropsychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychiatric Research

Background:

  • Schizophrenia in children presents unique developmental challenges.
  • Early childhood neurobehavioral deficits are often observed in children who later develop schizophrenia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize findings from retrospective and cross-sectional neurobehavioral studies on children with schizophrenia.
  • To investigate the nature of early developmental delays and their relation to information processing.

Main Methods:

  • Review of retrospective studies on early childhood behavior in schizophrenic children.
  • Analysis of cross-sectional studies on older children with schizophrenia (≥10 years).
  • Examination of behavioral, cognitive, neuropsychological, and event-related potential data.

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Main Results:

  • Retrospective studies indicate early language and visual-motor coordination delays in children later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
  • Cross-sectional studies in older children do not consistently show these specific deficits, suggesting developmental delays.
  • Evidence points to limitations in information-processing resources in children with schizophrenia.

Conclusions:

  • Developmental delays in schizophrenic children may be linked to the time required to automate skills.
  • Limited information-processing capacity appears to underlie these observed delays.
  • Findings suggest a neurodevelopmental basis for early deficits in childhood schizophrenia.