Schizophrenia and Psychosis: Diagnosis, Current Research Trends, and Model Treatment Approaches with Implications for Transitional Age Youth.
This article reviews the current state of diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia, describing the recent proliferation of research in high-risk psychosis spectrum conditions, which are different from childhood-onset and early onset schizophrenia, and findings of psychotic-like experiences in the normal population. Taken from adult and childhood literature, clinical quandaries in accurate diagnosis, and treatment gaps in co-occurring, or sometimes confounding, conditions are discussed. Thoughts on the impact of schizophrenia on an emerging adulthood trajectory are offered. Recent best practices in the treatment of schizophrenia are consistent with a recovery-oriented model of mental health services for transitional age youth.
501 Student Health, Student Health Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-5200, USA; Behavioral Health Services, Children, Youth & Prevention Division, Center for Resiliency Wellness & Education (First Episode Psychosis), Orange County Health Care Agency, 729 W Town & Country Road, Building E, Orange, CA 92868, USA; Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, UCI Health, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Electronic address: vchan1@uci.edu.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
Adolescence; Education; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Therapeutics