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Information about the disease and its effects on young people from the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society
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Schizophrenia is one of the most complex of all mental health disorders. It is a severe, chronic, and disabling disturbance of the brain that causes distorted thinking, strange feelings, and unusual behavior and use of language and words
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In studies led by Dr Ronit Weizman of the Tel Aviv Community Mental Health Center, researchers evaluated the prevalence of DSM-IV OCD in 50 consecutive adolescent inpatients (average age 17 years) with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
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Addresses the questions:
What is the clinical and aetiological significance of the atypically early onset of schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence? Does child and adolescent schizophrenia have the same causes and outcomes and does it respond to the same treatments as adult schizophrenia?
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Information primarily targeted toward parents and caretakers
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This site provides basic information about the disease.
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Emotions and Behavior