Risk factors for children-adolescents in psychotic disorders

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1. What are some of the major risk factors for children and adolescents in psychotic disorders? Explore the racial and economic impacts in risk factors and their impact.

2. What would be the first line treatment in caring for a youth who has officially been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia?

3. Name some differential diagnoses that may present as psychotic disorders in youth and determine how you might differentiate between them (thyroid disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance use, etc.).

4. Psychiatric patients may commonly present with acute emergent symptoms of psychosis such as hallucinations, delusions, agitation, and speech/thought disorders. How would you approach the psychiatric emergency for patient presenting with psychotic agitation?

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