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4 - A Comparison of Early- and Late-Onset Schizophrenia

from Section 1 - Epidemiology, Historical Background, Illness Phenomenology, and Diagnostic Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2019

By
Dina Ghoneim
Edited by
Carl I. Cohen  and
Paul D. Meesters
Carl I. Cohen
Affiliation:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Paul D. Meesters
Affiliation:
Friesland Mental Health Services
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Summary

This chapter examines differences between early-onset schizophrenia (referring to those who develop schizophrenia before the age of 40) and late-onset schizophrenia (referring to individuals who develop schizophrenia after age 40). Furthermore, it identifies the subcategories of late-onset schizophrenia advanced by the Late-Onset Schizophrenia Group in their 2000 consensus statement: late-onset schizophrenia (those who develop schizophrenia between 40 and 60 years of age) and very-late-onset schizophrenia-like-psychosis (those who develop schizophrenia after age 60). Differences between these groups in the areas of demographics, clinical presentation, cognition, neuroimaging findings, heritability, etiology, and treatment are critically assessed with insights into important limitations in findings and the overall scarcity of knowledge in this area.
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Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life
New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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