Open AccessVery Late-onset Schizophrenia Like Psychosis: Case Series and Future Directions
Author(s) -
Era R Sharma,
Ashish V Debsikdar,
Nilesh M Naphade,
Jyoti V Shetty
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.130999
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis , context (archaeology) , psychiatry , psychology , nosology , age of onset , population , medicine , geography , disease , archaeology , environmental health
The quest to unravel the mysteries of schizophrenia has led to immense research in this area over the years. Previously schizophrenia was considered to strictly be an early onset disorder. However, the heralding of baby boomers, with a subsequent surge in the elderly population, has led to growing curiosity in the geriatric age group with schizophrenia. The nosology of late-onset and very late-onset schizophrenia like psychosis (VLOSLP) has remained contentious. The international late-onset schizophrenia (LOS) group has proposed that schizophrenia with an onset between ages 40 and 60 be termed LOS and above 60 years termed VLOSLP. We present two case reports of VLOSLP and its relevance to the present day context.