Psychiatric News (1/8) reports, “The majority of young people diagnosed with a psychotic disorder by age 24 have had a psychotic-like experience at age 12 or later, yet many have never sought professional help,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data on 3,866 adults aged 24 years who had been assessed at age 12, 18, and 24 as part of the Avon Longitudinal Birth Study.” The study revealed that “participants who had had a definite psychotic experience at age 12 were 6.8 times as likely to have a psychotic disorder at age 24 as those who did not.” What’s more, 30 percent “of participants who met…criteria for a psychotic disorder had not sought professional help for their experiences,” investigators concluded. The findings were published online Jan. 7 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Psychotic Experience In Adolescence Associated With Psychotic Disorder as Young Adults, Psychiatric News, January 8, 2020