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Onset
by age:
- Three-quarters of
persons with schizophrenia develop the disease between 16 and
25 years of age.
- Occurence after age
30 is uncommon.
- Occurence after age
40 is rare.
Onset by sex:
- In the 16-20 year
old age group, schizophrenia affects more men than women.
- In the 25-30 year
old age group, the incidence is higher in women than in men.
Early warning
signs:
- Thought patterns become
illogical.
- The sense of body
boundaries deteriorates.
- The person experiences
auditory hallucinations.
- Emotions become grossly
inappropriate or flattened.
- The person feels that
his/her thoughts are controlled by others, are not his own at
all, or that he can control the thoughts of others.
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