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Schizophrenia in Children
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/schizo.htm
Schizophrenia is a medical illness that causes strange thinking, strange feelings, and unusual behavior. This fact sheet from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry can provide additional background on this disorder.

Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/childqa.cfm
A booklet from the National Institute of Mental Health has answers to frequently asked questions about the treatment of mental disorders in children—includes a medications chart.

What is Schizophrenia?
www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/schizophreniamenu.cfm
This article is written by the National Institute of Mental Health and gives information on the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia.

Web sites for more information

National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org
The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness.

Schizophrenia.com
http://schizophrenia.com
The site is managed by a group of between 10 and 15 independent volunteers and contractors around the world - all of whom are either family members (with sons & daughters, brothers and sisters, or parents who have suffered from schizophrenia) or people who have schizophrenia. While none of us are mental health professionals, we are very familiar with the disease both through direct personal experience and extensive reading on the topic.

 


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