Psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

There is a worse prognosis for psychosis andschizophrenia when onset is in childhood or adolescence, plus, one-third of thechildren and young people who have psychosis or schizophrenia, go on to experience severe impairment as a result.

This guideline puts much-needed emphasison early recognition and assessment of possible psychotic symptoms and offerscomprehensive advice from assessment and treatment of the first episode throughto promoting recovery.

This guideline reviews the evidence for recognitionand management of psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young peopleacross the care pathway, encompassing access to and delivery of services,experience of care, recognition and management of at-risk mental states,psychological and pharmacological interventions, and improving cognition andenhancing engagement with education and employment.

The guideline contains full details about themethods used and all the evidence on which the recommendations were based,including further data on a CD-ROM:

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These guidelines from NICE set out clear recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for health care professionals on how to work with and implement physical, psychological and service-level interventions for people with various mental health conditions.

The book contains the full guidelines that cannot be obtained in print anywhere else. It brings together all of the evidence that led to the recommendations made, detailed explanations of the methodology behind their preparation, plus an overview of the condition covering detection, diagnosis and assessment, and the full range of treatment and care approaches.