Screening and assessing psychosis in youth: navigating terms and key considerations

Although psychotic disorders are most often considered the domain of adult rather than child and adolescent psychiatry, childhood and adolescence are critical windows for impacting long-term outcomes. Understanding the importance of psychotic spectrum experiences in children and adolescence, including terminology such as “attenuated psychotic symptoms” and “psychotic-like experiences,” is central to incorporating this emerging science into child and adolescent assessment and care.