Psychosomatics 47:356-359, August 2006
doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.4.356
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Onset of Schizophrenia at Age 100
Ana Natasha Cervantes, M.D.,
Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., and
Phillip R. Slavney, M.D.
Received July 26, 2005; revised August 30, 2005; accepted September 29, 2005. From the Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ana Natasha Cervantes, M.D., Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, 8450 Dorsey Run Road, Jessup, MD 20794. e-mail: ancervan1{at}yahoo.com
Schizophrenia is generally regarded as a disease starting in adolescence and early adulthood. Cases beginning after the age of 60 are rare. The authors present the case of a woman who, at the age of 100, developed an illness marked by delusions and hallucinations and who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type. Authors discuss the differential diagnosis of psychotic symptoms presenting late in life.
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