title: Onset of schizophrenia at 100 years of age.
abstract: Although generally regarded as a disease of young adults, schizophrenia does occur in older ages. Doubts have been raised about the validity of diagnosing schizophrenia in very old age. We have described herein a rare and unique case of a woman who had onset of "schizophrenia" as per ICD-10 and DSM-IV-TR criteria at the age of 100 years. We have discussed about the validity of diagnosing schizophrenia in older age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sumit Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ram Chander
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jiloha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Abhilasha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yadav
keywords: Paraphrenia; schizophrenia; very late onset schizophrenia like psychosis