Low Prevalence High Risk Program
Key findings (2004)
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Early-onset schizophrenia is associated with significantly increased visuospatial memory retrieval deficits compared to age- and gender- matched healthy control participants
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Early-onset schizophrenia is associated with significantly increased fine and gross motor movements in both emotionally neutral and emotionally charged interpersonal contexts compared to age- and gender- matched healthy control participants
Key Findings (2005)
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Early-onset schizophrenia, primarily of the undifferentiated type, is associated with encoding deficits that contribute to the retrieval deficits
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Early-onset schizophrenia, primarily of the undifferentiated type, is associated with prominent 'thought blocking': this formal thought disorder symptom is associated with considerable distress for the young people experiencing it and their parents (Pearson's r = 0.7).
Key findings (2006)
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Early onset bipolar disorder is phenotypically the same as adult onset bipolar disorder.
- Early onset schizophrenia is associated with qualitatively similar visuospatial memory deficits in children, adolescents and adults.
Key findings (2007)
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Early onset ‘rapid cycling’ bipolar disorder is qualitatively and quantitatively similar to ADHD, combined type and comorbid dysthymic disorder
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Early onset schizophrenia is associated with qualitatively similar visuospatial working memory deficits in children, adolescents and adults.