Life Span Development II School Age and Adolescence

Life Span Development II: School age and Adolescence 3 (2+1)

Lesson 11 : Emotional Hazards during late childhood

Childhood psychosis

A psychosis is a severe psychological disorder that is characterized by frequent loss of contact with reality and may include illusions and unpredictable behavior. Many psychologists categorize this childhood psychosis majorly into 2 types. They are Autism and Childhood schizophrenia.In general psychotic children are likely to show many characteristics like impaired socialization and disturbed speech pattern.