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Schizophrenia In Childhood: The Facts You Need

Children develop differently than their peers, which may make it difficult to diagnose mental illness early. Normal behaviors at age four may be eccentric by age seven. Young children often have imaginary friends and strange experiences hearing voices, but once they grow older, these same playful interactions may be viewed as symptoms of schizophrenia in children. Even though the prognosis is worse for children than adult-onset patients, research is promising for the new generation of anti-psychotic medications. Continue reading

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