Open AccessVERY EARLY AND EARLY ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS – DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
Author(s) -
Ilinca Untu,
Ștefana Maria Moisă,
Ştefan Lucian Burlea,
Anamaria Ciubară,
Vasile Valeriu Lupu,
Dana-Teodora Anton-Păduraru
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6175
pISSN - 1454-0398
DOI - 10.37897/rjp.2015.1.5
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , context (archaeology) , multidisciplinary approach , psychology , early childhood , schizophrenia spectrum , early adulthood , age of onset , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , psychosis , clinical psychology , pediatrics , cognition , young adult , disease , paleontology , social science , pathology , sociology , biology
Very early onset and early onset schizophrenia – which manifest themselves before the age of 13 (the first) and 18 (the latter) – represent a little explored nosological entity, which entails a genuine diagnostic challenge, considering the specificities of young age. At the same time, childhood and adolescence onset schizophrenia intertwines with a series of neurocognitive development disorders, comprising an important genetic susceptibility. The entire context of its emergence, the difficulty of detecting psycho-productive symptoms during early childhood, the severity of symptoms and the chronicization impose a rigorous diagnostic behavior and a multidisciplinary approach for optimal long-term therapy and for the socio-professional integration of patients. This paper aims at synthesizing the literature review, which may represent a starting point for ample future research; the purpose is to create specific guides on childhood and adolescence schizophrenia.