TY  - JOUR
T1  - VEstibular dysfunction in childhood schizophrenia
AU  - COLBERT EG, KOEGLER RR, MARKHAM CH
Y1  - 1959/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590060062006
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 600
EP  - 617
VL  - 1
IS  - 6
N2  - Studies by various workers over the last several decades have established the existence of many physiological changes in adult schizophrenia.1-4 It has not been demonstrated that these changes are primary, however, or that they are of prognostic value.In this study we have investigated vestibular functioning in schizophrenic children. This area was chosen for several reasons.First, hyporeactivity and paradoxical vestibular reactions were reported in adult schizophrenics by Angyal.5 In commenting on that study, Paul Schilder seemed convinced that organic changes in vestibular functioning were present in some adult schizophrenics.6Second, there is a good deal of presumptive evidence that childhood schizophrenics have some problem in the area of vestibular functioning. Loretta Bender7 has demonstrated space, time, and motion preoccupation in some schizophrenic children. A more recent study8 has confirmed this. The importance of spontaneous whirling and toe
SN  - 0375-8532
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590060062006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590060062006
ER  -