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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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Expert & Community Posts
Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia - More Closely Related than You Might Think
By John McManamy , Health Expert...NAMI group in Pasadena, a young man asked: "I have schizophrenia. Will I benefit from your... Read more »
Live from the APA: To Know Thy Neurons is to Know Thyself
By John McManamy , Health Expert...Dr Krystal has been researching the brain from a schizophrenia perspective. So why am I... Read more »
Schizophrenic Parents Twice as Likely to have Autistic Children
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...study identified that both mothers and fathers with schizophrenia were twice as likely to have... Read more »
The Bipolar Spectrum
By John McManamy , Health Expert...what he termed dementia praecox (later changed to schizophrenia). These days, although not a... Read more »
Time for a Gender Sensitive Approach to Treatment?
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertAlthough the lifetime incidence of schizophrenia is roughly similar in men and women it remains the... Read more »
Health Guide
Schizophrenia: Introduction
Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that interfere with thinking and responsiveness. It is a disease of the brain, just like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The term... Read more »Schizophrenia: Diagnosis
...or more verbal screening tests to help determine whether a patient's symptoms meet the criteria for schizophrenia. Because no single symptom is specific to schizophrenia, a diagnosis may be made... Read more »Schizophrenia: Complications
Schizophrenia has a devastating effect on all aspects of human thought, emotion, and expression. Only about 20% of patients reach full recovery after a first episode, but new drugs are... Read more »Schizophrenia: Causes
CausesNo single cause can account for schizophrenia. Rather, it appears to be the result of multiple causes such as genetic factors, environmental and psychological assaults, and possible hormonal... Read more »Schizophrenia: Treatment
...fasting blood sugar testing.There may also be an increased background risk of diabetes in patients with schizophrenia. As a precaution, many doctors advise that all patients treated with atypical... Read more »Images
Medications
...(trye-flooh-oh-PER-a-zeen)Uses This medication is used to treat schizophrenia. It may ... Read more »
...used to treat a certain mental/mood disorder (schizophrenia). Thiothixene can improve the... Read more »
...used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar mania). It works by... Read more »
...Risperidone is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (schizophrenia, manic phase of... Read more »
...used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (schizophrenia or manic/mixed episodes... Read more »
Related News
Antipsychotic Drug Causes Weight Gain
February 22, 2007By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read summary »
Study: Cancer More Common in Schizophrenia Patients
July 06, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds people with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population.... Read summary »
Mother?s Mental Health Impacts Baby
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Babies carried by mothers suffering from poor mental health face significant challenges, sometimes even before they are born.... Read summary »
PCBs Shown to Alter Brain Development
April 23, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Three recent studies suggest polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, may alter the development of brain cells. They linked exposure... Read summary »
Substance abuse boosts violence in schizophrenics
August 13, 2009New research has found a link between violence and schizophrenia, but this link was even more pronounced when schizophrenia was accompanied by drug... Read summary »
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