Late-Onset Schizophrenia
/a> most commonly starts to appear in the late teens or early twenties, however it is possible for schizophrenia to emerge later in life, Late-onset schizophrenia often involves chiefly positive symptoms (such as persecutory delusions and visual, auditory and other sensory hallucinations). Normally, there are few negative symptoms (catatonia, etc.). The existence of late-onset schizophrenia has only recently been acknowledged with the symptoms having been lumped together with other symptoms of old-age cognitive decline. This is normally treated with the same protocols as early-onset schizophrenia. .