[Course and prognosis of childhood schizophrenia in the light of follow-up information]

Altogether 222 patients with early childhood schizophrenia, including 102 patients with an attack-like slow progressive schizophrenia were followed up. A distinct stability of the singled out forms of schizophrenia with the onset in early childhood was demonstrated. Within the framework of each form of the disease development a variability of the progression inherent to each form is established. Its greatest variability was noted within the range of the attack-like, slow progressive schizophrenia. It is mostly influenced by the ontogenetic, somato- and psychogenic factors.