Child vs Adult Onset Schizophrenia

I'm delighted to have contributed to an article just published in Brain and Behaviour on schizophrenia.

Classically, schizophrenia often starts in adolescence or in young adults and is one of the most common and severe forms of mental illness. It is also very expensive for society and

is a major public health concern, especially toward an early diagnosis. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that schizophrenia was the 5th leading worldwide cause of global disease burden in 2004 among males, with 2.8% of total Years Lived With Disability (YLD), and 6th among females, with 2.6% of YLD. However, it is not easy to describe and define schizophrenia from childhood to adulthood. Since the early 1990s, definitions have tended to harmonize, with Adult Onset Schizophrenia (AOS), where the age of onset is greater than or equal 18 years, Early Onset Schizophrenia (EOS), defined by an onset strictly before the age of 18 years, and the subgroup Very Early Onset Schizophrenia (VEOS), developing strictly before the age of 13 years.

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