A follow‐up study of 29 borderline psychotic children 5 to 20 years after discharge

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Abstract
Children (29) who during 1956-1970 were hospitalized for borderline psychosis were followed up in 1975. Of the children 12 had received inpatient psychiatric treatment for 1-3 yr. Of the 29, 17 were sent home for local, nonspecific help. At follow-up 67% of the treated group were no longer considered psychotic, compared with 70% of the untreated group. The 2 groups differ somewhat in a series of parameters, the treated group showing more severe psychopathological symptoms. The differences do not reach significant levels. No useful prognostic criteria were obtained from the study. The prognosis seems to be much better than for other types of psychosis in children.

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