Childhood Onset / Early onset Schizophrenia, help!

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Hi - the good news is that the National Institute of Mental Health is very interested in people like your daughter because schizophrenia is quite rare in these younger people - and so they have special programs to get her the best of evaluation and care (for free). I recommend you call them at this link below:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/research-areas/clinics-and-labs/chp/childhood-onset-schizophrenia-study.shtml

There is a good “webminar” on their research here:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/webinar-on-childhood-onset-schizophrenia-with-nimhs-judith-l-rapoport-md.shtml

Judith Rapoport is a world-renowned researcher in this area and we’ve heard very good things from other people who have participated in this research:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/research-areas/clinics-and-labs/chp/index.shtml

Also - there may be early psychosis evaluation and treatment centers close to your home - so that is another thing to research - they provide very good, (typicallly free) care.

http://forum.schizophrenia.com/t/early-psychosis-treatment-centers-how-to-get-great-help-for-free/12743