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Is schizoaffective disorder schizophrenia?
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No: Schizoaffective disorder is similar to schizophrenia. In schizoaffective disorder, though, there are also times when there is mania and/or depression along with the hallucinations or delusions.
Answered 5/12/2015
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No: By definition, there is a difference. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychosis which is when a person experiences hallucinations and/or delusions. A mood component is not part of such a clinical picture. Schizoaffective d/o is when a person has a major mood disorder and has also had periods of psychosis during times when they had no disturbance of their mood. There's bipolar & depressed types.
Answered 1/3/2020
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Schizoaffective: Schizoaffective disorder is an extremely serious illness that can be thought of as a combination of schizophrenia (psychosis) and bipolar disorder (the old term being manic depression) with involves extreme mood swings.
Answered 1/3/2020
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