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Childhood Schizophrenia Brain Findings

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Childhood Schizophrenia

Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: Structural Brain Abnormalities Courtney Dawson Penn State College of Medicine 2003 Basic information regarding childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS): Onset of psychosis by age 12 (2) Rare à 1/50 the prevalence of later-onset disease...

Childhood Schizophrenia Summary

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Childhood Schizophrenia

Childhood Schizophrenia Contributed by Melissa Yates Penn State College of Medicine Definition: - Same diagnostic criteria apply to children, adolescents, and adults - Based on characteristic symptoms, deficits...

Brain Injury and Misdiagnosis

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Brain Injury

Misdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders Secondary to Brain Injury: ODD, OCD, ADHD Robyn Smith Penn State College of Medicine 2002 I. Traumatic Brain Injury: General information Prevalence: Traumatic Brain injury in children and adolescents is a major public health...

Teens Contemplate Suicide

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Bipolar Disorder, Depression in Children

3 million U.S. Teens Contemplate Suicide WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three million American teens have thought seriously about or even attempted suicide, a government survey released Sunday showed. More than 13 percent of young Americans between 14 and 17 years of age...

Mania or ADHD: Assessment with CBCL

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Bipolar Disorder

Differentiating Mania from ADHD in Prepubertal Children Using the Child Behavior Checklist Augusta Czysz Penn State College of Medicine 2002 Background: Child Behavior Checklists (CBCL) were first published in 1978 and 1979 by Achenbach and Edelbrock. They consist...
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