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Although males tend to have a longer and more severe course of schizophrenia, meaning that at any one time more males than females will have schizophrenia, the lifetime incidence of schizophrenia is the same among both genders.
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∙ 11y agoThe onset and course are, but the prevalence is not. In men, the average age of onset of schizophrenia is 18, in women, 25. Women generally have a better course, with a better prognosis than men and a shorter course with fewer relapses. The prevalence of schizophrenia in men and in women is equal.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Men and women have equal incidences of schizophrenia. However, women generally have a later onset and a milder course of schizophrenia than do men.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Schizophrenia is about even between the two genders.
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Is Schizophrenia more common than Autism?
Approximately 11 people per thousand have schizophrenia. Approximately 17.4 people per thousand have autism. Autism is more common than schizophrenia.
What gender mostly gets schizophrenia?
The genders get schizophrenia at about the same rates. However, men have a more severe course and an earlier onset than do women.
Do people still think that people with schizophrenia are possessed?
Most people do not believe that people with schizophrenia are possessed. Even if the general attitude towards schizophrenia is more negative than it should be, possession is not a common belief about schizophrenia.
Are men or women more likely to have schizophrenia?
Women generally have a later age of onset than men. The average age of a man's first psychotic episode is 18, while a woman's is 25. Women generally have a higher rate of paranoid schizophrenia compared to other types. Women more often have problems with affect (i.e. having inappropriate emotional responses or not showing responses), but also generally have better lives after recovery.
Is it more common for woman to have schizophrenia?
It is roughly the same for men as it if for women to suffer from Schizophrenia. Men usually have an earlier onset than women though. There are also theories which suggest that due to social restraints and other environmental factors, women may exhibit different or rather calmer symptoms than men and as a result, more men are considered to be suffering from the illness. This research is mostly speculative and would require further research to be conducted.
What is the most common type of schizophrenia?
schizophrenia is a mental condition characterized by personality disorders among others. there are more than four types but the most common is the 'paranoid schizophrenia' the patient exhibits suspicious trait and does not feel safe.
Does women have more in common with women than they do with men?
Yes
Does schizophrenia affect urban people more than rural?
Yes, people in the city do more often have schizophrenia than those in rural areas.
Who and how many have Schizophrenia?
The overall prevalence of schizophrenia in the general American population is less than 2%. It strikes both men and women and tends to run in families. It is diagnosed more in African Americans, but that is likely due to psychologist bias than it being a real trend.
Is Irritable bowel syndrome is more common among women than men?
Women
Does HIV affect more men or women?
It is more common for women to obtain the HIV from men than men from women during intercourse.
Is schizophrenia a chemical imbalance?
Schizophrenia is related to a chemical imbalance in the brain, but it has more factors than just the chemical imbalance.
