Early Identification, Palliative Care, and Prevention of Psychotic Disorders in Children and Youth

The present book is a collaborative effort: researched by Astor Services for Children and Families, funded by The American Mental Health Foundation. It presents the significant findings of a two-year study with wider implications and potential applications. Since 1953, Astor Services (formerly The Astor Home for Children) has been providing behavioral and educational services in a caring environment wherein children and their families find strength, healing, hope, and trust. Astor Services serves more than seven-thousand children and families every year in thirty-two locations in the Hudson Valley of New York State and the Bronx.