Longer duration of untreated childhood schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis predicts poorer outcomes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/mali-ldo080216.php

Public Release: 2-Aug-2016
Longer duration of untreated childhood schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis predicts poorer outcomes
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News

A review of 35 studies of early-onset schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis (EOS) identified the most common psychotic symptoms and the disorders that most often co-occur in children and adolescents with EOS. The longer the psychosis goes untreated, the lower the predicted functional improvement, according to a study published in Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology website until September 2, 2016.

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