Adolescent Psychosis

Dr. Agartz is a clinical specialist in psychiatry and professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oslo and the Department of Psychiatric Research at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway. She conducts research in adolescent early-onset psychosis as well as in adulthood at the University of Oslo and at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. She has authored or co-authored over 420 scientific papers and has written several book chapters. Together with co-workers, she has developed large clinical cohort collections, also in EOP, and is part of large international collaborations and consortia. Dr. Smelror is a clinical psychologist with 9 years working experience with adolescent psychosis. He has a PhD in cognitive and clinical characteristics of EOP and is currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo and the Department of Psychiatric Research at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

1. Introduction to psychotic disorders in adolescence

2. The epidemiology of early-onset psychosis

3. Genetics of psychotic disorders with focus on early-onset psychosis

4. Early risk factors in early-onset psychosis

5. Adolescent psychosis and transdiagnostic delimitations to other clinical syndromes

6. Cognitive functioning in early-onset psychosis

7. The immunopsychiatry of early-onset psychosis

8. Structural brain imaging in early-onset psychosis

9. Functional brain imaging in early-onset psychosis

10. Adolescence as a vulnerable period for psychosis development

11. Current treatment options in early-onset psychosis

12. Long-term development and outcome of early-onset psychosis

13. Ethical considerations and current research practices in adolescent psychosis