Screening for Childhood-Onset Psychotic Disorders
Stopped early
Conditions studied: Childhood Onset Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Psychotic Disorder
In brief
The purpose of this study is to screen and evaluate children with psychotic disorders to establish or confirm their diagnosis and to collect data about their condition. This study will also recruit individuals for various treatment studies. Childhood psychotic disorders are debilitating conditions in which children have auditory or visual hallucinations and disorganized thoughts. This study will examine psychotic disorders in children in an inpatient setting. Participants in this study will be admitted to the NIH Clinical Center for up to 9 weeks under one or more of the following conditions: current medication, no medication, or tapered medication. Participants will undergo blood, urine, metabolic, and intellectual functioning tests. An electrocardiogram (EKG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) will be performed. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain will be taken and infrared oculography will be used to measure eye movements. Participants and their family members may also be asked to participate in a study of genetics in children with psychotic illnesses. Children meeting criteria for childhood onset schizophrenia may be offered participation in a medication comparison protocol.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00049738
- Run by
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- People needed
- 123
- Starts
- 2002-10-29
- Expected to finish
- 2017-10-05
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-09
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Major neurological or medical condition (e.g. temporal lobe epilepsy for which patient is on active treatment), or other psychiatric diagnosis that is the main focus of treatment (e.g. serious eating disorder).
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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