Childhood-onset schizophrenia
ORPHA:641496· ICD-10 F20.8
Definition
A rare neurologic disease with psychiatric involvement characterized by prominent pre-psychotic developmental disabilities (cognitive, language, motor), socio-communicative disturbances, auditory hallucinations (visual and tactile hallucinations are rarer) preceding psychotic symptoms, presenting before 13 years of age. Co-occurrence of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is frequent. Disease course is more severe than adult-onset form of the disease, with major neurodevelopmental impact.
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Childhood