child psychosis Flashcards
VEOP?
very early onset psychosis
VEOP?
very early onset psychosis
early onset psychosis?
13-18
who gets brief psychotic symptoms?
- 10-28% adult population
2. 8% children have transient hallucinations
brief psychotic symptoms and development of psychosis
not related
prevalence of psychosis in kids
13yrs 0.009%
18yrs 0.2%
general population 3% psychotic, 1% sSCZ
what are the categories of RF for childhood psychosis?
- genetic (40% MZ)
- gestational
- environmental
- ethnic - afro caribbean
- early childhood hx
gestational features risk factors
infection complicated pregnancy premature LBW seasonality
environmental risk factors
urban
migration
social exclusion
early cannabis
early childhood hx rfs
- solitary play
- speech delay
- receptive language probs
- motor delay
- minor physical anomalies
- hypersenstitive
- behaviour prob
- academic prob
- low premorbid IQ
- insecure attachment parent child relationship
phases of psychosis?
- premorbid - asymptomatic/mild deficit
- prodrome- at risk state
- psychotic
what is the prodrome?
- sustained deviation from expected developmental trajectory
- non specific sx to positive subsyndromal sx
insight in prodrome
yep
are not convinced of reality of sx
risk of psychosis with prodrome
risk of developing in next year
how do we assess the prodrome?
SIPS - structured interview of prodromal syndrome
CAARMS -comprehensive assessment of at risk mental states
prodromal syndrome course?
- continued unchanging symptoms
- remit spontaneously
- go to psychosis
psychotic symptoms in young people?
- insidious often
- vague symptoms
- florid
- negative symptoms
- often with affective symptoms
- in older is similar to adult
gender
males> females
tx response for child psychosis?
worse than for adult
severity of illness?
worse than adult
bio investigations
- wt/ht/BMI
- bloods - thyroid, FBC, renal, liver
- urine drug screen
- EEG - peri-ictal psychosis
- CT/MRI
- ECG