Child Schizophrenia
In this video and related article, the parents of 6-year-old schizophrenia sufferer January Schofield discuss the difficulties in coping with the symptoms of their daughter's illness. January suffers from child-onset schizophrenia, which experts say is 20 to 30 times more severe than adult-onset schizophrenia. Her parents, Michael and Susan Schofield, discuss the extreme measures they've been forced to take to treat their daughter's condition, to protect their younger child from his sister,...
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Dr. Ballas Answers: Schizophrenia and Children
My child was just diagnosed with schizophrenia. What should I be prepared for? Are there any tools as a caregiver that I can... Read more »
Creativity and Schizophrenia: The Definite Link
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute's department of women's and children's health in Stockholm have proven a link between creativity... Read more »
Signs of Schizophrenia in Children
People who have schizophrenia are often very concerned that they have passed the illness on to their children. Even when their children... Read more »
FDA Approves Risperdal for the Treatment of Schizophrenia and Bipolar...
The approval by the FDA for the use of Risperdal in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children is a momentous event.... Read more »
Schizophrenia And The Law: Deciding Competency
A court ruling in Massachusetts has implications for everyone diagnosed with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, wherever we... Read more »
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Share Your Story about Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Connections thrives because individuals like you are willing and eager to share their experience--and expertise--with others coping... Read more »
Schizotypal personality disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Some people may be helped by antipsychotic medications. Talk therapy (psychotherapy) is a big part of treatment. Social skills training can help some... Read more »
Schizophrenia linked to pregnancy stress
Women who undergo an extremely stressful event--such as the death of a relative--during the first three months of their pregnancy have a higher risk... Read more »
Update: Girl with schizophrenia suffers serious setback
Previously, SchizophreniaConnection.com readers were introduced to January Schofield, a six-year-old girl with child-onset schizophrenia. In this... Read more »
Clinical trial: Nuvigil as an add-on therapy for schizophrenia...
This is a study to determine whether Nuvigil is more effective than a placebo as an add-on therapy to antipsychotic medication in easing symptoms of... Read more »
10 Quick Facts about Childhood Schizophrenia
The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic factors the environment. Possible causes include family history, birth trauma, exposure to viruses in the womb...
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