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December 2016 – Vol 18 – No. 4 The prevalence, age of onset, and clinical symptoms of many neuropsychiatric diseases substantially differ between males and females. Examples of male-biased conditions include early-onset disorders that involve some kind of neurodevelopmental impairment, such as autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, specific language impairment, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, or schizophrenia; examples of female-biased conditions include emotional disorders such as depression, anxiety disorder, and anorexia nervosa, which usually start during puberty or later in life….