Treatment Treatment Treatment is usually linked to the clinical phase of schizophrenia. The main treatments are anti-psychotic medications combined with psychosocial interventions. General guidelines for treating schizophrenia 1. Medication for positive symptoms, depression, anxiety and hostility if present.
Children are often less responsive to medication than adults.
Neuroleptics or anti-psychotic drugs are helpful in relieving positive symptoms. Also some newer anti-psychotics have been effective with positive as well as negative symptoms. These drugs block receptors for the brain chemical dopamine. Children have been shown to have side effects with these medications such as haloperidol, and there are few controlled studies of neuroleptics on children and adolescents. In a study by Grothe et.