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Childhood schizophrenia

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Among the psychotic symptoms seen in childhood schizophrenia non-verbal auditory hallucinations are the most common, and include noises such as shots, knocks, bangs.[citation needed]

Children with schizophrenia have an increase in genetic deletions or duplication mutations[citation needed] and some have a specific mutation called 22q11 deletion syndrome, which accounts for up to 2% of cases.

The primary area that children with schizophrenia must adapt to is their social surroundings. It has been found, however, that very early-onset schizophrenia carried a more severe prognosis than later-onset schizophrenia. Regardless of treatment, children diagnosed with schizophrenia at an early age suffer diminished social skills, such as educational and vocational abilities.[medical citation needed]

Through the 1950s, childhood psychosis began to become more and more common, and psychiatrists began to take a deeper look into the issue.[failed verification]

Before 1980 the literature on "childhood schizophrenia" often described a "heterogeneous mixture" of different disorders, such as autism, symbiotic psychosis or psychotic disorder other than schizophrenia, pervasive developmental disorders and dementia infantilis. At the current time, however, some researchers, regarded autism (autistic disorder) and schizophrenia as two distinct entities.[citation needed]

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 * Five statements missing citations or citations were unable to be verified
 * History should be first, not last ; followed by epidemiology, then into the ssx, diagnosis, etc
 * More about treatment?
 * Pretty thorough article which is well cited

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