Barroso Aguirre J Z
Neurol Neurocir Psiquiatr. 1975;16(3):161-6.
When studying etiology of childhood psychosis, causes may be divided in biological and psychodynamic. The present paper focuses on the first, which are divided in infectious, toxic, neurologic, endocrine, biochemical and genetic; these last include chromosomic alterations and hereditary factors. The relevant bibliography is reviewed. In spite of a growing list of research work, a single etiologic factor has not been found. It is probable that brain disorder in the psychotic child is psychological, mediated by chemical disturbance and with environmental correlates.
在研究儿童期精神病的病因学时，病因可分为生物学因素和心理动力学因素。本文关注的是前者，它又可细分为感染性、中毒性、神经性、内分泌性、生物化学性和遗传性因素；最后一类包括染色体改变和遗传因素。对相关文献进行了综述。尽管研究工作不断增加，但尚未找到单一的病因。患有精神病的儿童出现脑部障碍很可能是心理性的，由化学紊乱介导并与环境相关。
