By: Haydee Cantu and Jennifer Nichols - the UIC Department of ...

“Childhood Onset Schizophrenia: High Rateof Visual Hallucinations” (Christopher N. David et al, Journalof the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2011)• Studies in adult onset schizophrenia report visualhallucination rates ranging from 12% to 72% with mostratings less than 35%. Studies of COS suggest rates ashigh as 69% from chart review and 48% usingstandard rating scales.• Hypothesis: COS patients will show higher rates ofvisual and other nonauditory hallucinations thanadults, and COS patients that experience both visualand auditory hallucinations will be more severely illthan those with auditory hallucinations alone.