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Why medications can be given for schizoaffective disorder?
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Because they help: Schizoaffective disorder has prominent mood problems as well as psychosis, so several types of medications may be needed--antipsychotics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers. They can markedly reduce overall symptoms and improve quality of life when they work but also can produce side effects that can make patients reluctant to stay on the medications.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Schizoaffective: A combination of antipsychotic or neuroleptic drugs (to calm the hallucinations) and mood stabilizers to lessen the intensity of mood swings between the often stratospheric highs of mania and depths of depression.
Answered 3/12/2015
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