Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment Preceding Schizophrenia in Adolescents Aged 9 –17 Years

ConclusionsCareful screening and evaluation to validate diagnoses is important as the presence of certain psychiatric morbidity is common among adolescents with schizophrenia during the prodromal period. Developing acceptable and accessible interventions that will reduce psychiatric hospitalization and residential treatment care and improve care connection for schizophrenia treatment is important to mitigate complexity in treatment for adolescents and reduce cost burden for families and the society. Integrating health claims data in the development of schizophrenia risk conversion models can be useful in effectively predicting ideal timing of tailored interventions for adolescents with preceding psychiatric conditions.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research