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- A growing crisis exists as the number of older adults with schizophrenia is rising, but research and clinical responses are lagging behind.
- The article explores new perspectives on schizophrenia in older age, blending theories from psychiatry and gerontology.
- It discusses recovery in aging, challenges in diagnosing older adults, the impact of schizophrenia's characteristics on aging, and highlights that outcomes in later life are more varied and complex than previously thought.
Article Abstract
A crisis looms as research and clinical programs have not kept pace with dramatic increases in the number of older adults with schizophrenia. This article provides an overview of the advances in the conceptualization and study of schizophrenia in later life. Theoretic and clinical models in psychiatry and gerontology are integrated. Specifically, recovery is examined in the context of aging, how clinical dimensionality affects diagnoses in older adults, how various features of schizophrenia are implicated in models of accelerated and paradoxic aging, and how outcome in later life is a more dynamic and heterogeneous than assumed previously.
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