Childhood-onset schizophrenia: what do we really know?

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Jennifer Bartlett

Abstract

Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) is a rare, chronic mental illness that is diagnosed in children prior to the age of 13. COS is a controversial diagnosis among clinicians and can be very difficult to diagnose for a number of reasons. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, flat affect, limited motivation and anhedonia. The psychotic nature of this disorder is quite disruptive to the child's emotional regulation, behavioural control and can reduce the child's ability to perform daily tasks that are crucial to adaptive functioning. Prior to the onset of schizophrenia, children often develop premorbid abnormalities, which are disturbances to a child's functioning that may serve as warning signs. These disturbances can manifest in a variety of behavioural ways and may include introversion, depression, aggression, suicidal ideation and manic-like behaviours. This article will review the clinical presentation of schizophrenia in children and examine the existing knowledge around aetiology, treatment approaches, assessment techniques and differential diagnostic considerations. Gaps in the literature are identified and directions for future research are discussed.

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