The relation between paternal age and schizophrenia in offspring may also apply to milder psychotic symptoms.
Older parental age is a risk factor for schizophrenia in offspring, but whether this relation pertains to development of psychotic symptoms in general is unknown. Researchers analyzed responses from 924 participants in the National Comorbidity Survey–Replication, including information about diagnostic interviews, risk factors, parental age at birth, and self-reported psychotic-like symptoms (PLS; e.g., seeing visions, experiencing mind control).
Almost 9% of respondents reported having at least one PLS, most commonly auditory and visual hallucinations; these respondents (mean parental ages: paternal, 26.5; maternal, 23.6) were more likely to experience lifetime depressive and anxiety disorders. In an analysis of all respondents stratified by…
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Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)