How Common Is Psychosis in Children?

Child psychosis, also known as "child psychosis". A kind of mental illness. Occurs during childhood (under 15 years), withdraws, and cannot establish emotional relationships with adults and other children. Often show some special words and deeds, such as flicking fingers, rotating objects and so on. Very rare, three subtypes have been recognized: (1) Delayed psychosis. Similar to adult psychosis (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.), which occurs in late childhood and adolescence, the diagnosis and treatment are similar to adult psychosis. (2) Schizophrenia. It usually occurs around the age of 4 years, and is accompanied by social withdrawal and social skills loss, including speech loss. It is mainly caused by the decline of the central nervous system. The main treatment is sedatives. (3) Baby autism. Common are child schizophrenia and childhood depression. ^[1]