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Hallucinations in Children

1985; Yale University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60412-x

2376-614X

Patrick M. Burke, Mark DelBeccaro, Elizabeth McCauley, Christopher J. Clark,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

This paper reports the results of a retrospective study comparing child psychiatry inpatients, who reported hallucinations, with a control group. The study shows that nonpsychotic children who report hallucinations have significantly more relatives with a history of psychosis, often with an affective component, than controls. They did not differ from controls for family history of depression, suicide, or substance abuse. While the diagnostic profile of the groups differed, they did not differ for age, sex, IQ, or history of abuse or neglect. The significance of the results are discussed and areas for future research are presented.