Schizophrenia Winter Birth
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition, affecting about 1% of people worldwide.
Age
Schizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young adulthood, typically between the ages of 16 - 30 years. It rarely occurs before adolescence or after age 45.
Gender
Schizophrenia affects both men and women. Men are more likely than women to develop schizophrenia at an earlier age and to experience more severe...
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From Our Experts
The Importance of Friendships
In the book, My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates, Mummy wrote out on pink sheets of paper the social hierarchy of her women friends in... Read more »
10 Schizophrenia Myths Busted
1. People with schizophrenia progressively deteriorate over time. Reality: The symptoms often attenuate in later life and by one's... Read more »
My Recovery from Schizophrenia: The Early Working Years
It is a testament to the strangeness of what happened to me that I was doing something not many people could. But if you could, would you... Read more »
Early Detection and Prevention of Schizophrenia
The Sunday morning session at the NAMI 2008 convention featured two psychiatrists working on the cutting-edge of research and treatment for... Read more »
The Genetics of Schizophrenia
I wanted to discuss a recent bill that was passed into law that may be of interest to people with schizophrenia and their loved ones. ... Read more »
From Our Sources
Does being born in winter up bipolar risk?
In this short video from ABC News, Dr. Kiki Chang answers a viewer's question about the link between being born in the winter and the development of... Read more »
Mother's flu linked to schizophrenia, autism
Schizophrenia is more common in people born during winter and spring months, or following an influenza epidemic. Now researchers may have discovered... Read more »
Schizophrenia linked to pregnancy stress
Women who undergo an extremely stressful event--such as the death of a relative--during the first three months of their pregnancy have a higher risk... Read more »
Introduction
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia?Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling form of mental illness. It interferes with a person's ability to think... Read more »
Q&A: Schizophrenia med compliance
A mother writes that her son, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, stops taking his Risperdal when he is feeling better. She then has... Read more »
10 Quick Facts about Childhood Schizophrenia
The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic factors the environment. Possible causes include family history, birth trauma, exposure to viruses in the womb...
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