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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.
The Genain quadruplets (born in 1930) are a set of identical quadruplet sisters. All four developed schizophrenia , suggesting a large genetic component to the cause of the disease. [ 1 ] The pseudonym Genain , used to protect the identity of the family, comes from the Greek , meaning dire (αἶνος) birth (γεν-). [ 1 ]
The Johnson quadruplets (born in 1935 in Dunedin, New Zealand) were the first surviving set of quadruplets in Australasia. [16] The Miles quadruplets (born on 28 November 1935 in St Neots, United Kingdom) are the oldest living quadruplets in the world; they became known as the St Neots Quads. [17] All were still alive past their 85th birthday. [18]
The World Health Organization has published worldwide incidence and prevalence estimates of individual disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is two to three times as common in Latin America, Africa, and Europe as in Asia and Oceania. [7] Schizophrenia appears to be most common in Japan, Oceania, and Southeastern Europe and least common in ...
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 ...
Doctors put the odds of having identical quadruplets at about one in 15 million. There are roughly 72 documented cases of spontaneous identical quadruplets in medical history.
A summary of the lives of the Morlokk girls, identical quadruplets, born in 1930.The book details the girls' history from birth, including chapters about their parents, various psychiatrists that had large impacts on them, and similar families.
Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading