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Aetiological Factors in Childhood Neurosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. H. Lo
W. H. Lo*
Affiliation:
Yaumatei Psychiatric Centre, Hong Kong
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There has been a tendency to dispose of all the problems peculiar to children under ‘Primary childhood behaviour disorders'. This term would, as pointed out by Cameron (1955), have as broad a meaning as the legal term ‘insane’ or the social term ‘delinquent’. Unless there is delimitation of the terminology used, any aetiological investigation is bound to produce confused results. Furthermore, most aetiological studies suffer from lack of a normal control group and many published works apparently dealing with childhood conditions include adolescents in their case material.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 525 , August 1969 , pp. 889 - 894
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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