Title
Empirical evidence for psychopharmacologic treatment in early-onset psychosis and schizophrenia
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Date
10-2012
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Antipsychotic Agents; Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia
Disciplines
Medical Pharmacology | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
Psychotic symptoms presenting in youth can be clinically complex and require that a child and adolescent psychiatrist use significant skill in making a diagnosis and initiating treatment. There are a number of illnesses to rule out before making a diagnosis of early-onset schizophrenia in particular. Psychosis in youth has significant associated morbidity and places high demands not only on families but also on the medical and educational systems. More effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for psychosis are needed. Nonpharmacologic therapies targeting relatively treatment-resistant domains of dysfunction such as neurocognition are also necessary as adjunctive treatments to our extant pharmacologic agents.
Comments
Citation: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2012 Oct;21(4):885-909. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2012.07.011. Link to article on publisher's site