Does depression lead to schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. read more

Depression can be triggered by other mental illnesses, but it can also lead to certain mental illnesses. These include anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and substance abuse. In schizophrenia depression often occurs in older people with the condition and is sometimes experienced by people after their psychotic episode has ended. read more

Schizophrenia is a type of major psychotic illness that is usually marked by an inability to distinguish the real from the imaginary, confused or jumbled thoughts, and hallucinations. read more

In fact some experts maintain that the majority of people (around 70%) with schizophrenia will experience at least one episode of depression during their illness 1 and at any time about 25% of people living with schizophrenia will be suffering from depression 2. read more