Juvenile-Onset Schizophrenia: Assessment, Neurobiology, and Treatment

by Robert L. Findling and S. Charles Schulz

Book Overview

Once thought to be extremely rare, juvenile-onset schizophrenia occurs in almost one-third of all persons with schizophrenia. Clinically, adolescents tend to have different, usually poorer, outcomes than adults with schizophrenia, and they respond differently to treatments. Because their age precludes them from functioning independently, adolescents are generally considered more vulnerable, and they require age-appropriate psychosocial interventions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801880181
• ISBN13: 9780801880186
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"