Schizophrenia in Older Adults
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37628/ijgn.v2i1.1109Abstract
The number of older adults (age >65) who developed schizophrenia before age 45 is expected to double in the next 2 decades. One-year prevalence of schizophrenia among older adults is approximately 0.6%. Schizophrenia is a disease marked by delusion, hallucination and disordered thinking. The positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms and social functioning change over decades.References
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