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Prevalence of Psychotic Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition

For elderly people with a recent onset of psychosis a medical condition appears to cause it about 60% of the time. Lifetime occurrences is about to be .21% to .54% according to studies in Sweden and Finland. In Finland those older than 65 have .74% prevalence of the condition, which is significantly higher than younger age groups.Among the elderly, women may be more prone to this condition than men. For epileptics, postictal (during a seizure) psychosis is more common than ictal and interictal psychosis at 2-7.8%.

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Updated 2023-05-30

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