features SZ+ AN

Question 1

SZ

Answer 1

• occurs in 1% of all cultures
  -different types: paranoid, catatonic, disorganised
  -earlier onset in males,14.25, females 24.3
• late teens early 20’s
• males experience more severe
  -classed as a psychosis, no in touch with reality, causing thought, language and behaviour disturbances
• life expectancy 10 years younger due to suicide

Question 2

AN

Answer 2

-has one of the highest mortality rate of mental ilnesses therefore very severe
- more common in wester culture, 14% British girls have AN
- 90-95% cases are females, prevelance for young women=0.4%
- 1 in 10 males have AN
most common during adolesncence