User:Tgil89/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Childhood schizophrenia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Childhood schizophrenia is a rare disorder for children to be diagnosed with. But if a child is diagnosed with this disorder, children may experience and extreme alternative reality. I chose this article because it appears there is room to add more information about the disorder. While I don’t have much knowledge about childhood schizophrenia, I am intrigued with this topic and learning more about it. I feel this topic is important because it can be difficult to diagnose as it presents similar symptoms of other disorders children experiencing, and if misdiagnosed the prognoses may not be accurate. The article is needing citation added as well.

Evaluate the article
This article is a great overview of the changes in diagnosing childhood schizophrenia while giving grave detail regarding signs, symptoms and contributing factors to be aware of.


 * Diagnosis - DSM-5 criteria, the changes to the criteria for diagnoses is wonderfully compared and the outline of diagnostic symptoms are precisely outlined.
 * The age of first episode of psychosis can be more detailed with symptoms (e.g., hallucinations) that are experienced in very early-onset (prior to age 13) and early-onset (prior to age 18) that are distinguishable.
 * Pathogenesis - I would like to be advised of more information in this section on the exact factors for environmental, perinatal complications, and prenatal maternal infection that contribute to schizophrenia.
 * Prognosis - seems to lack of identifiable source to link the claim of children suffering with deprivation of social and intellectual skills with very early-onset schizophrenia.
 * Adding an additional subsection of “neurodevelopment” would further explain the implications associated with the development of early on-set schizophrenia.
 * I urge the addition of images
 * Treatment - this is a small section and could be expanded with additional sources.