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Schizophrenia, a disease to consider from childhood

Far from the “clap of thunder in a calm sky” that was used until the 1980s to describe the onset of schizophrenia, experts now know that in 70% of cases it is revealed by discreet signs, a prodrome, before the first crisis. a psychotic episode that appears in late adolescence. “However, it can occur quite often before the age of 18 and even, in a minority of cases, before the age of 13. highlight Pr: Olivier Bonon, head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Nantes University Hospital. These early forms require attention to behavior and unusual psychotic symptoms. Unfortunately, few people, even pediatric specialists, know that schizophrenia can appear in childhood.

Some children, based on their genetics or their background, are at high risk and if it is impossible to know when they will pass or even if they will actually pass…

Source: Le Figaro

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