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Health Encyclopedia: Schizophrenia Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition.

Age

Schizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young adulthood. Schizophrenia in children is likely to be severe. Although the risk of schizophrenia declines with age, its incidence has been known to peak in those who are about 45 years old, and again in people who are in their mid-60s (mostly women). Late-onset schizophrenia that develops in the 40s is most...

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