Childhood Schizophrenia: What Are the First Signs?
Early onset is rare enough that symptoms are often confused with something else.
Rochelle Caplan, MD, professor of child psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute, is a leading expert on childhood schizophrenia. She discusses how the disorder appears, and why affected children may actually hide what they’re experiencing from their parents.
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