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Not just congenital disorders, but mental health disorders as well. It's been known for a while that paternal age is a risk factor for schizophrenia. I had an
by WesternWind 4y ago
Not just congenital disorders, but mental health disorders as well. It's been known for a while that paternal age is a risk factor for schizophrenia.
I had an internship at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (before I moved into software development). Paternal age was used as one factor in determining if people were at risk for psychotic breaks (schizophrenic prodromes) by one of the assessment tools they developed.