title: Psychopharmacology of schizophrenia in children and adolescents.
abstract: The past 5 five years have seen major advances in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia in children and adolescents. This article, reviews the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of schizophrenia in youth with an eye toward recent findings. This article also provides a more extensive review and update of the psychopharmacology of early-onset schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. carlill@dshs.wa.gov
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Carlisle
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McClellan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D017668:Age of Onset; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents