Schizophrenia is 20 times more likely to develop dementia than Alzheimer's disease. Schizophrenia causes dementia, but not the same kind of thing. The tragic part about schizophrenia is that it begins at a very young age and it ruins people's lives. It can actually start some young children get it. And some old people get it.
Christopher Palmer, MD, is the Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For over 27 years he’s held administrative, educational, research, and clinical roles in psychiatry. His new book, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More, is out now.