Etiological and Clinical Features of Childhood Psychotic Symptoms

It has been reported that childhood psychotic symptoms are common in the general population and may signal neurodevelopmental processes that lead to schizophrenia. However, it is not clear whether these symptoms are associated with the same extensive risk factors established for adult schizophrenia.To examine the construct validity of children's self-reported psychotic symptoms by testing whether these symptoms share the risk factors and...