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Childhood Psychopathology and Psychotic Phenomena in Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thomas Freeman
Thomas Freeman*
Affiliation:
Holywell Hospital, Antrim, N. Ireland and The Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic, London
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The tendency of adult and child psychiatrists to go their separate ways has led to neglect of the common ground which exists between the psychopathology of childhood and that of the psychoses of adult life. The purpose of this paper is to rekindle interest in what once was regarded as an important field for research into the psychoses. In this paper the phenomena which are to be found in children who suffer from neurotic disorders, ‘borderline’ states and psychoses will be compared with the signs and symptoms of adult psychoses and the significance of the similarities assessed. In both children and adults the data to be presented consists of the symptomatology observable at the onset of the illness and the phenomena which appear during the course of the illness and during psychotherapy.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 583 , June 1974 , pp. 556 - 563
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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