Leonhard K
Psychiatr Clin (Basel). 1978;11(3):170-9. doi: 10.1159/000283748.
Out of 59 childhood schizophrenics examined, 11 had fallen ill as early as within the first years of their lives. Seven of these had been confined to a hospital or a similar institution when the illness set in. Two other children were congenitally blind or deaf and, owing to this fact, were largely deprived of communication with their environment. It was possible to diagnose schizophrenia even though the patients were mentally retarded. It seems that lack of communication within the first years of life can not only produce mental retardation but also provoke childhood schizophrenia.
在接受检查的59名儿童精神分裂症患者中，有11人早在生命的最初几年就已患病。其中7人在发病时就已被送进医院或类似机构。另外两名儿童先天失明或失聪，由于这一事实，他们在很大程度上被剥夺了与周围环境交流的机会。即使这些患者存在智力发育迟缓，也有可能诊断出精神分裂症。看来生命最初几年缺乏交流不仅会导致智力发育迟缓，还会引发儿童精神分裂症。
