Lång U, Kelleher I. Dr. Lång et al. Reply.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022;
61:733-734. [PMID:
34929322 DOI:
10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.005]
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Abstract
We thank our respected colleagues, Fusar-Poli and Salazar de Pablo,1 for their interest in our recent systematic review and meta-analysis on psychosis risk in children and adolescents diagnosed with an at-risk mental state (ARMS).2 Fusar-Poli and Salazar de Pablo agreed with our call for developmentally sensitive approaches when considering psychosis risk in children and adolescents, recognizing that psychotic experiences (the basis of ARMS assessments) are more prevalent in childhood and adolescence than they are in adulthood,3 with age-varying pathological significance.4,5 This, however, appears to be contradicted by the authors' suggestion that we should have included adults (age >18 years) in our pediatric analysis.
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