TY - JOUR
T1 - Onset of schizophrenia in late eighties
T2 - Very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis or late paraphrenia?
AU - Arora, Manu
AU - Praharaj, Samir Kumar
PY - 2006/6/1
Y1 - 2006/6/1
N2 - Late-onset schizophrenia and very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, although uncommon, have been described in the literature. We report a case of paranoid schizophrenia with onset of illness at 88 years, who fits well with the description of late paraphrenia as well. It is suggested that the term late paraphrenia would be more appropriate for such cases with late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, in order to remove the ambiguity in the terminology.
AB - Late-onset schizophrenia and very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, although uncommon, have been described in the literature. We report a case of paranoid schizophrenia with onset of illness at 88 years, who fits well with the description of late paraphrenia as well. It is suggested that the term late paraphrenia would be more appropriate for such cases with late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, in order to remove the ambiguity in the terminology.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00148.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00148.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745525209
SN - 1346-3500
VL - 6
SP - 79
EP - 80
JO - Psychogeriatrics
JF - Psychogeriatrics
IS - 2
ER -