title: [Schizophrenia in childhood].
abstract: Very early onset schizophrenia is a form which begins before the age of 12. The criteria used are the same as in adults although there are specific features for children. This is a particularly difficult psychopathological disorder to diagnose and has considerable comorbidity. The differential diagnosis, particularly from invasive developmental disorders, is also difficult. There appears to be a true continuum between the very early form and the adult form although very early onset schizophrenia is a severe form of the disorder which carries a relatively poor prognosis. Its outcome depends both on early screening, the quality of diagnosis and on the speed of multidisciplinary interventions offered.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, 370, boulevard Sainte Marguerite, 13009 Marseille. david.dafonseca@ap-hm.fr
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authors.lastname: Da Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology