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Most people with schizophrenia live independently with community support. [1] In people with a first episode of psychosis a good long-term outcome occurs in 42% of cases, an intermediate outcome in 35% of cases, and a poor outcome in 27% of cases. [7] Outcome for schizophrenia appear better in the developing than the developed world. [8]
The outcomes paradox (otherwise known as the "better prognosis hypothesis") is the observation that patients with schizophrenia in developing countries benefit much more from therapy than those in developed countries. This is surprising because the reverse holds for most diseases: "the richer and more developed the country, the better the ...
There was also a gender gap, with women experiencing more years in poor health than men. "Worldwide, women live longer than men, but exhibit a 2.4-year-wider healthspan-lifespan gap," said Terzic.
Globally, people are living longer lives, but a new study estimates that our lifespans are outpacing our health spans, aka the number of years we live in good health. (Getty) (FG Trade via Getty ...
Schizophrenia is diagnosed 1.4 times more frequently in males than females, and typically appears earlier in men [7] —the peak ages of onset schizophrenia are 20–28 years for males and 26–32 years for females. [10] Early Onset schizophrenia in childhood, before the age of 13 can sometimes occur.
Here’s what we know about extending your health span—or as Susan Golden, author of Stage (Not Age), puts it, your “joy span”—which, by the way, is nothing to sneeze at since women do ...
The system has “contributed to people living longer,” Gori said, “but not necessarily to living in better health.” You can watch the entire panel from Davos here , on the WEF’s website.
Men have higher frequency rates of onset than women from the early twenties to middle age, and women have higher frequency rates of onset starting in late middle age. [ 7 ] 2005 and 2008 studies of prevalence rates of schizophrenia estimate that the lifetime likelihood of developing the disorder is 0.3–0.7%, and did not find evidence of sex ...