Schizoaffective disorder is almost a blend of the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In bipolar disorder, you have mood swings that include depression and mania. If you have schizoaffective disorder, you can have these bipolar symptoms. But separate from those, you also get psychot...
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that involves psychotic symptoms similar to those that occur with schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions, as well as mood disorder symptoms comparable to those occurring with major depression[1]. The condition is more common among wome...
During crisis periods or times of severe symptoms, hospitalization may be necessary to ensure safety, proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and basic personal care and cleanliness. Electroconvulsive therapy For adults with schizoaffective disorder who do not respond to psychotherapy or medications, electrocon...
Schizoaffective DisorderArchives of General Psychology
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A diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder is frequently used to describe a psychotic person with significant symptoms of depression and/or mania. The word schizoaffective was introduced by Jacob Kasanin in 1933 and has appeared in all editions of the DSM since 1952. However, the current DSM-IV...
In schizoaffective disorder, a person will have an episode of either mania or major depression at the same time they have positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia (described above). Once the mood episode has passed, the psychotic symptoms persist for at least 2 weeks afterward. As in ...
Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Schizophrenia-Bipolar Spectrum Disorder Mr. S is a 67-year-old man with psychiatric history of an unspecified psychotic disorder (schizophrenia vs schizoaffective disorder vs bipolar I disorder) ... E Sterina - 《American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry》 被...
Patients with schizoaffective disorder often lack judgment and insight into their illness. They commonly refuse to continue the medications started in the hospital once they are discharged. This also could be due to adverse effects of the medication, such as sedation and weight gain. ...
Patients Symptomatically stable adults aged X18 years were eligible if they met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) for schizophrenia or schi- zoaffective disorder, and were candidates for switching therapy ...