Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia
A few decades ago, after graduating from medical school, I learned that autism was considered to be a rare disorder. Textbooks would report a prevalence of 1 in 10,000 individuals. […]
Tag Archives: childhood schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and Autism: the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
Many years ago I found myself reviewing the literature for childhood onset schizophrenia. I was planning on writing an article reporting the autopsy findings of three such cases that came […]
The Early History of Autism Research: John K. Darby, MD
The early history of research in autism is marked by a paucity of neuropathological studies. In agreement with Descartes dualist theory mental disorders were attributed to the mind and thus […]
