Study Design:
12 children with Childhood Onset Schizophrenia
(onset of symptoms before age 12)
all had histories of poor response to / intolerance
of at least two typical antipsychotic
10 children with transient psychosis
mood and behavioral problems
12 age & gender matched normal controls
Psychiatric patients received treatment with the
following antipsychotic
drugs:
risperidone, olanzapine, or clozapine.