AN and SZ features

Question 1

2 AN gender features:

Answer 1

1- lifetime rate is 4% in females and 0.3% in males
2-1 in 100 women ages 15-30 affected by anorexia

Question 2

2 AN rates features:

Answer 2

1-over 1.26 million ppl in the uk estimated to be directly affected by eating disorders
2- increase in AN diagnosis in recent years

Question 3

2 AN life expectancy features:

Answer 3

1- around 1:20 sufferers die from the disorder w/ 1:5 commiting suicide
2- mortality risk 5 times general population’s for ppl w/ AN

Question 4

2 sz rates features:

Answer 4

1- estimated 24 million ppl have sz, 1 in 300 woldwide
2- 50% of ppl in mental hospitals have sz

Question 5

2 sz gender features:

Answer 5

1- onset is higher in females (25-30 or after 45) thasn males (21-25)
2- women experience less severe negative symptoms but more excessive positive symptoms

Question 6

life expectency sz symptoms:

Answer 6

1-suicide rate is around 10%
2-sz pats 2-3 times more likely to die early compared to gen. pop.