Schizophrenia
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What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.
Common symptoms reported by people with schizophrenia
Treatments taken by people for schizophrenia
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Compare treatments taken by people with schizophrenia
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have schizophrenia through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with schizophrenia? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has schizophrenia on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 461 say schizophrenia is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 31 | |
| 30s | 84 | |
| 40s | 67 | |
| 50s | 84 | |
| 60s | 87 | |
| 70+ | 201 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 34 | |
| 20-29 years | 14 | |
| 30-39 years | 20 | |
| 40-49 years | 24 | |
| 50-59 years | 23 | |
| 60-69 years | 23 | |
| 70+ years | 13 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 393 | |
| Female | 586 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 497 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 245 |