'Changes in brain chemistry occur during certain life transitions that can predispose someone to developing a new psychotic disorder.' And for women, that can mean menopause. evolutionarypsy explains why.
Chronic psychotic disorders in women tend to be milder and occur later in life than for men.Women, unlike men, have a second lifetime risk window for developing chronic psychosis, at menopause.is a set of symptoms such as hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and/or delusions that can be triggered for a variety of reasons. Changes in brain chemistry occur during certain life transitions that can predispose someone to developing a new psychotic disorder.
If women do develop schizophrenia, they tend to have a milder course than men and respond to lower amounts of, though this can partly be explained by average body size and how women metabolize medications. Scientists point to estrogen as the obvious protective factor. This hypothesis would seem to be supported by the fact that times when women have relatively lower estrogen levels , they are at higher risk for more symptoms of mental illness. Also, unlike men, women have a second risk period during life for developing schizophrenia at or around menopause, when estrogen levels drop for good.
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