AFP via Getty Images Krakower said he could see how heavy marijuana consumption in young men could be linked to a schizophrenia diagnosis, but quantifying how much marijuana consumption would make ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects fewer than 1 percent of U.S. men and women; men tend to develop it a few years earlier than women, usually in their late teens and early 20s.

The proportion of new schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use has nearly tripled in almost two decades, increasing ...

Young men who use potent marijuana frequently have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, according to a new study of almost 7 million health records. As many as 30% of cases of ...

Is schizophrenia more common in men than in women? Does it usually start around a certain age? And do things like your race or location raise your chances of getting it? The field of epidemiology ...

as their previous September 2024 study found facial shape variation was associated with a 5.9 percent schizophrenia diagnosis among women compared to men at 4.2 percent. Meanwhile, for bipolar ...

Schizophrenia onset tends to be slightly earlier for those assigned male at birth than for those assigned female. On average, men are diagnosed in their late teens to early 20s. Women tend to get ...

However, when analysing sex differences, researchers observed that in men, genetic risk of schizophrenia was specifically associated with the positive dimension of schizotypy, which includes ...

A study published on May 4 in the journal Psychological Medicine provides new evidence that problematic cannabis use may lead to schizophrenia, particularly for young men who are heavy users.