Outcome of Schizophrenia in Later Life: Conceptual Changes and Implications for Treatment and Policy

• By: Carl I. Cohen, MD SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease
• July 19th, 2023
• clinical recovery, cognition, depression, mental health, older adults, personalized care, psychiatry, quality of life, remission, research, schizophrenia, Summer 2023 Issue
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In tandem with the greying of the general population, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of older adults with schizophrenia (OAS). Since 2000, there has been a doubling of persons aged 55 and over with schizophrenia and they now comprise about one-fourth of all persons with...