Children s Neurological Development Of Schizophrenia

The goal of this case study is to provide a basis on children s neurological development of schizophrenia including family history, genetics, environment and culture to determine the major biomedical aspects of the etiology of schizophrenia in young to middle adulthood. The study addresses the debilitating positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenics plus presenting problems, such as living life according to unacceptable social norms, and caring for one’s basic needs, while including assessment tools and diagnostic scales of childhood schizophrenia in Jack according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. A comprehensive treatment plan assesses the outcomes of the most successful†¦show more content†¦Keywords: Early on-set schizophrenia, childhood schizophrenia, positive symptoms, negative symptoms, cognitive deficits, restricted affect, hallucinations, delusions, cognitive-behavioral therapy, Clorazi l, antipsychotics, case study The Case Study of Jack: Early On-set Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a form of psychosis, which are mental illnesses that are characterized as unusual behaviors exhibited as out of touch with reality. Schizophrenia is characterized by positive symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts or speech, and catatonic behavior. While negative symptoms range from cognitive deficits to restricted emotional affect. According to the Harvard Mental Health Letter (2009), there are five stages of progression of schizophrenia: premorbid, prodromal, psychotic, transitional, and chronic. Early on-set schizophrenia develops in children who experience odd or unusual auditory hallucinations and olfactory delusions in the prodromal stage. It is thought that schizophrenia is fully developed at the psychotic level, once an individual has reached their first psychotic episode. However researchers suggest looking into the prodromal stage through assessment and diagnosis to learn more about the etiologies of schizophrenia, and therefore c ontribute further research into preventative methods. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, childhood-onset schizophrenia is a rare form of schizophrenia which has its onset before