Younger people are being diagnosed with psychotic disorders at higher rates and at younger ages than those born earlier, a large study has found, leaving experts uncertain about what’s driving the rise.
The study of more than 12 million people, conducted by a team of researchers in Canada, included 12.2 million people born in Ontario between 1960 and 2009, of whom 152,587 were diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia.
