2006-12-18 16:36:18 · 8 answers · asked by Hammy 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The onset of mental illness can begin very early in life. However, lifetime mental ailments normally set in around age 14 and even more cases appear around age 24. Thus, mental disorders are really the chronic diseases of the young.
This is according to National Institute of Mental Health, check out their website for more information.
2006-12-19 04:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Grown Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teens to early twenties, but any other age group can become ill, this just tends to be the most common time.
2006-12-19 00:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by reflective_pool 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no age set for onset of mental illness! You can be born with a genetic disposition, or a trauma of some sort can cause it at any age.
2006-12-19 00:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by RBRN 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any age, just like physical illnesses.
2006-12-19 00:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time you're born with it. I have read that there are ages when it shows itself, like puberty and then early 20's. But my brother's schizophrenia was obvious when he was 7.
2006-12-19 00:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can experience mental illness as a child and as a senior citizen. Age has nothing to do with it.
2006-12-19 00:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The onset of mental illness is usually in late childhood/early adulthood.
2006-12-19 00:37:58 · answer #7 · answered by Joy M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Early twenties is when most illness show symptoms.
2006-12-19 00:39:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋