Early Childhood Psychosis: Infantile Autism, Childhood Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. An Annotated Bibliography 1964 to 1969

The annotated bibliography on early childhood psychosis (infantile autism, childhood schizophrenia, and related disorders) contains 424 entries (books, journal articles, conference and research reports) dating from 1964 through the first 6 months of 1970, which pertain to theory, research, and treatment. Number of entries for each subject is noted in parentheses. The following topics serve to organize the entries: descriptive studies (36), differential diagnosis (27), family characteristics (21), behavioral characteristics (19), followup studies (13), intellectual development (12), perceptual processes (28), language (20), neurobiological correlates (seven), drug studies (12), electroencephalogram studies (13), skeletal, cell, biochemical, and other studies (19), psychotherapy (50), behavior therapy (78), educational programs (20), evaluation of therapy (six), and theory (43). Included is an author index. (GW)