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What's the difference between bipolar with psychosis and schizo-affective disorder?
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Bipolar/Schizoaffect: In schizoaffective do, there needs to be at least 2 weeks of psychosis without the mood disorder component. In bipolar, psychotic symptoms are part of the mood state.
Answered 10/4/2016
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They're similar: The difference is that with schizoaffective d/o. A person has a period of having psychosis during a time when their mood is stable. With bipolar psychosis-the person is only psychotic during the period of time when they have a disturbance of their mood as well.
Answered 9/6/2019
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