AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roughly half of all lifetime mental disorders in most studies start by the mid-teens and three quarters by the mid-20s. Later onsets are mostly secondary conditions. Severe disorders are typically preceded by less severe disorders that are seldom brought to clinical attention.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although schizophrenia can occur at any age, the average age of onset tends to be in the late teens to the early 20s for men, and the late 20s to early 30s for women. It is uncommon for schizophrenia to be diagnosed in a person younger than 12 or older than 40. It is possible to live well with schizophrenia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The vast majority of mental disorders diagnosed in adulthood show a peak age of onset before 18, and other disorders carry across from childhood/adolescence well into adulthood.

Detailed explanation-4: -The disease onset is the first time that there has been noted to be a “change” in one’s usual health status with the identified signs and/or symptoms being able to be directly attributable to a specific disease process.