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Childhood Schizophrenia Brain Findings

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Childhood Schizophrenia

Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: Structural Brain Abnormalities  Courtney Dawson  Penn State College of Medicine 2003   Basic information regarding childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS): Onset of psychosis by age 12 (2) Rare à 1/50 the prevalence of later-onset disease...

Childhood Schizophrenia Summary

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Childhood Schizophrenia

 Childhood Schizophrenia Contributed by Melissa Yates Penn State College of Medicine   Definition:            –                Same diagnostic criteria apply to children, adolescents, and adults –                Based on characteristic symptoms, deficits...

Child Sexual Abuse: Evaluation and Outcomes

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Sexual Abuse

Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Outcomes of Child Sexual Abuse Jessica Smith  Penn State College of Medicine March 2002   Definition: “Sexual abuse of children refers to sexual behavior between a child and an adult or between two children when one of them is significantly...

Brain Injury and Misdiagnosis

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Brain Injury

Misdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders Secondary to Brain Injury: ODD, OCD, ADHD Robyn Smith Penn State College of Medicine 2002    I. Traumatic Brain Injury: General information  Prevalence: Traumatic Brain injury in children and adolescents is a major public health...
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