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Case presentations on early‐onset psychosis: Diagnostic challenges
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30301
Subject(s) - irritability , psychosis , anxiety , psychiatry , prodrome , psychology , depression (economics) , autism , autism spectrum disorder , early psychosis , clinical psychology , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
Importance of diagnosis and treatment for psychosis develops over time, so treating it early is essential. However, diagnosing psychosis in its early stages, which are often in adolescence or earlier, is challenging. There are many other conditions — attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), tic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), anxiety, and depression, and signs such as irritability — that complicate the diagnosis. And the prodromal phase lasts two years.