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J. Louise Despert

1 paper in the library · 43 citations · publishing 1948

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DELUSIONAL AND HALLUCINATORY EXPERIENCES IN CHILDREN

American Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1948 J. Louise Despert 43 citations

The records of three groups of children—normal, preschool children; children with behavior and neurotic problems; and finally, psychotic children—were analyzed with a view of gaining information about and insight into hallucinatory and delusional phenomena in children. The large majority of the children belonged in the normal and superior range of intellectual functioning. No evidence of true...