How common or rare is childhood schizophrenia?

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1 out of how many people under the age of 12 , are diagnosed with it ?
hhmmmmm ask a psychiatrist♦  (+ info)

What occurred in the childhood of John Nash that triggered schizophrenia?

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I have not seen or read the book about "A Beautiful Mind". Please would someone help me with this question.
Why do you think it was caused by something that occurred in his childhood? The cause(s) of schizophrenia have yet to be determined. Some risk factors are known, but it is debated how these might be related to possible cause(s). If you think that it is caused by some traumatic childhood event, you may be thinking of some "Hollywood" explanation, not a scientific one.  (+ info)

What is the difference between childhood schizophrenia and paranoid schizophrenia?

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Childhood-onset schizophrenia simply means that the onset of schizophrenia occurred while the person was a child or under the age of 14...and they still are a child. Some of the children have paranoid schizophrenia (a sub-type of schizophrenia) but the diagnosis will continue to be childhood-onset schizophrenia until they are older than 14.

Childhood-onset schizophrenia is very rare. 1% of the population of the world has schizophrenia. 1% of that group has or had childhood-onset schizophrenia.

The prognosis for childhood-onset schizophrenia is generally poor. These children have a 50% chance of being able to function as an adult and a 50% chance of requiring assistance for their lifetime. Many are placed in residential homes because they are often treatment resistant since only one anti-psychotic has been approved for use in children. The rest of the anti-psychotics are either only somewhat helpful for children or produce side effects to severe to be used on a regular basis.  (+ info)

What is the cause of schizophrenia? An unstable childhood environment in a foreign country after a war?

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It could be a combination of all those things. In my experience, the people with the most mental illness are the most traumatized early on in life and have trouble coping thus leading to easy breakdowns and polar disorders, etc.  (+ info)

My daughter has Paranoid Childhood Schizophrenia. How do I help her become more independent?

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She is 7 years old and believes people are out to kill her and me.
She has audio and visual hallucinations she sees a threrapist, psychologist and psychiratrist. We do have a lenghty history of it in the family
She has audio and visual hallucinations she sees a therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist. We do have a lengthy history of it in the family
You do have a difficult situation in loving and dealing with a child with such a serious illness. By your expressed concern, I will assume that she has been tested and has a confirmed diagnosis by a trained, accredited professional in the area of Mental Health.

From my experience as a therapist dealing with an adult population, I've observed that a paranoid schizophrenic will never be and should never be totally independent. Throughout her life she will need support from many professionals in order to sustain her in the safest and best possible ways.

The primary concern will be to ensure that she continues to take the medications that are prescribed that will help her stablize and reduce if not eliminate the paranoid ideations. To a paranoid shizophrenic their thoughts and delusions are real, their reality and they will feel compelled to act upon what they feel to be real... whether a perceived threat, an act of violence, or responding to unseen others and following a command hallucination.

The trick is to help her to understand how imperative it is to take her meds. Once stabilization is achieved, often they will view the meds as unecessary, as in "Oh, I don't have a headache anymore so therefore I don't need to take anymore aspirin!" The thing to remember is that everytime they go off their meds they will lose ground each time. It will take even more meds, higher dosages or different medications to stablize them and they may never return to their previous level of stability.

Usually the first psychotic break for schizophrenics occurs in the late teens or early twenties during a time of stress or other undefined trigger. If there is a previous family history of a relative who also has a mental illness then there is an increased % that other family members could develop mental illness .

My heart goes out to you, there is a group for consumers and their families that can provide support and education. NAMI can be googled to see if there is a chapter in or near your vicinity.  (+ info)

If I Have Been Showing Signs of Childhood Schizophrenia Since Age 5 and I am 13 Now...?

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Is it too late for treatment?
Will it progressively get worse and worse?
If I hear things, feel things, and sense things now on a daily basis, will it get more and more frequent without treatment?

I also heard children who show signs of schizophrenia--if gone untreated--will have, on average, a worse case of schizophrenia as an adult as a schizophrenic who first started showing signs of schizophrenia in adulthood. Is this true?
Treatment is never too late.

I suggest seeing a doctor, they will give you an appropriate diagnosis and put you on the correct medication if you are indeed showing signs of Schizophrenia.

Their are many medications out their for those who suffer from schizophrenic disorders.

Your statement is also true - which is why it makes it important to seek treatment ASAP.  (+ info)

How do I help my friend, who was recently diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia?

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My friend has recently been diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia, and I want to find out what I can do to help. He has had a really rough childhood, his father is cold and distant, his mother mostly ignores him and the problems, and his brother doesn't see him as a legitimate person.

He is a great person, despite all he's been through (which is far too much to describe in 1100 characters!) and I just want to know how I can reach out to him and be a good friend in this his time of need.
Just be as loving and patient as you can be. Probably he's not able to keep many friends, so you are probably very important to him. It may be frustrating at times, but I'm sure it will mean the world to him  (+ info)

What are the positives and negatives of dating a man who's being treated for schizophrenia?

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My childhood boyfriend recently re-appeared in my life.
He's really one of the nicest people I've ever known and he wants so much for us to be better than friends.
Aside from the 'tardive dyskenisia' and his oft-slurred speech, there's nothing wrong with him.
He's kind, thoughtful, career/goal-oriented, self-sufficient, and self-motivated.
What would you do?
Are there any 'dangers' I should be aware of?
I think you might find it helpful to contact some mental health organisations for specific info about this. He sounds like a good man, and he would benefit from your support/friendship, but you need to find out more before you get any further involved (if you WANT to be more involved, that is). If you go diving into a relationship, and then leave him because of say, a "bad turn", it would devastate him.

(If on the other hand, you only want to stay friends, then its ok to say so)

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Childhood Schizophrenia?

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Ok, so im doing a research paper on childhood schizopherina for my Psychology 101 class and was wondering if anyone had a copy of the DSM-IV the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders because im pretty sure, but i want to double check, that childhood schizopherina is not acutally in the book. if someone had a copy of it or would be able to send me a link to a good website where it says this i would be greatful. oh did i mention the paper is due tommorw.
check it @ the library  (+ info)

I've been told not to visit my son. Childhood schizophrenia?

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My son is 10 years old and in a mental health unit for assessment for what they suspect to be childhood schizophrenia. He has become violent and had a notebook in which he wrote that he wanted to kill and detailing ways in which he would or could kill myself, my husband and my daughter. He's been heading downhill for a while and would become so hysterical at minor things such as if I told him he had to eat his vegetables or he wouldn't get a pudding and his reactions were so extreme that he would tear clumps of his hair out, bang his head against the wall and bite his arms until he drew blood.

He then cut his nipples off saying that men aren't supposed to have nipples and he tried cutting the septum between his nostrils apart saying that he couldn't breath and the septum was trying to suffocate him by stopping air going in.

The Doctor at the hospital says he suspects my son has had voices telling him these absurd things so he suspects childhood schizophrenia. I've been going to see my son every day since he's been there, which has been a little over a week. He has just glared at me when i've been there and i've tried talking to him but he doesn't reply so i've just been having one sided conversations with him. He has a couple of times muttered words under his breath but they've just been insults or swearwords. Then when I saw him yesterday he attacked me, pulling my hair, slapping me and screaming at me asking why I put him in there.

I went back today and the nurses said they think it's best that I don't see him they said he's a danger to me and himself as they had to sedate him yesterday and when he came around he harmed himself. They said I can see him again in a week or so but they don't want me to yet.

What can I do? I feel so awful, I know he resents me for letting them take him in there but it wasn't a quick decision and it got to the point where I had run out of all other options with him. I so badly want him to get better will he ever recover from this? If he does will he always hate me for putting him in there? How can I not visit him? I cant stand it I want to see him and give him a hug and tell him i'm not angry with him for hurting me. will he think I haven't gone back because i'm angry with him? and will he think I don't care?
This sounds seriously intense , like schizophrenia can be. I think you may cope better with this, if you understand you and your son are NOT on the same wave length, even if you want to be, and you need to revise how you think , so you can love in an appropriate way, which means not get harmed or killed by a child, and not eventually like killing a sick child out of control,and all the rest of the possiblities. What i am saying is there must be support groups in your area and it would be more than appropriate to ask the staff, nurses, doctors where and who they are. YOu need a ton of support and people to bounce ideas of coping off of also.
There are support groups of all kinds at dailystrength.org monitored by doctors also if you need them
and it sounds like you do.
I feel for you about his situation, you have to realize your child in not processing things the way you do and is not perceiving things that way either.

egarcayce.org had some good observations about schizophrenia you may find helpful
You have time to take action while he is hospitalized ,and set up your own support system, figure out what and how you will protect yourself, and acknowledge how you feel about all this, and make more plans. google for local support , also

You have to take care of your self in the process of helping your child.

Find the people and help you need while you have the time to do that. i wish you well  (+ info)

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