While Paging Through Back Issues of a Journal, You Come

question 117

Multiple Choice

While paging through back issues of a journal, you come across the term childhood schizophrenia. You wonder why you haven't heard it in your abnormal psychology class, so you ask your professor. What will he tell you about this term?

• A) The term is used for cases in which schizophrenia begins very early in life.
• B) The term has been replaced with autistic disorder because the symptoms are identical.
• C) Because parents reacted too strongly to the word schizophrenia, clinicians stopped using it.
• D) Although used in the past for autistic disorder and pervasive developmental disorder, the term does not accurately describe the observed symptoms.

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