Among childhood psychoses which are so polymorphous and so liable to modifications because of the development of the personality, a rather special place can be given to a form which we intend to call "Pedophrenia". It corresponds roughly to hebephrenia, but occurs before adolescence, sometimes even as early as the first months of life, as it can be a continuation of a precocious autism. Furthermore, it also involves the classic discordances, rites, stereotypies, etc... Because of the age, the communication processes are expecially affected, malleability is greater than in hebephrenia, but the prognosis remains serious.
在儿童期精神病中，由于人格发展，这些病症表现多样且易于变化，其中有一种相当特殊的形式，我们打算称之为“儿童早发性痴呆”。它大致相当于青春期痴呆，但发生在青春期之前，有时甚至早在生命的最初几个月就出现，因为它可能是早熟自闭症的延续。此外，它还涉及典型的不协调、仪式动作、刻板行为等。由于发病年龄的原因，沟通进程受到特别影响，可塑性比青春期痴呆更大，但预后仍然严重。
