Service profile of youths with schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.013 Byline: Jason Schiffman (a), Bruce F. Chorpita (b), Eric L. Daleiden (c), Justin A. Maeda (a), Brad J. Nakamura (a) Keywords: Youths; Schizophrenia-spectrum; Treatment Abstract: The current study examines targets of treatment and intervention strategies of youths with and without schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses utilizing services within a state public mental health system of care. Service records of youths with schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses were compared to all other youths receiving services. Specific treatment targets and techniques were more frequently reported in the spectrum group relative to the non-spectrum group. This research on targets of treatment and specific treatment strategies offers preliminary insight into common goals of treatment and clinical practices employed in this under studied population. Author Affiliation: (a) University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2430 Campus Road, Gartley 110, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA (b) University of California Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA (c) Kismetrics, 285 Wilson Avenue, Satellite Beach, FL 32937, USA Article History: Received 7 August 2007; Accepted 27 October 2007