Editorial: Can Less Be More When Measuring Psychotic Symptoms in Youth?

There is a strong tradition in child mental health of developing measures to assess both general psychopathology and specific constructs such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. For psychosis, however, the tendency has been to use in children instruments that were developed for adults, such as the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). There are general good reasons for using the same assessment tools in youth as in…

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