Yes: While people in severe manic episodes may become psychotic temporarily, schizophrenia involves a loss of contact with reality which may be prolonged without treatment.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No difference: No difference, but the associated symptoms are different.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Not in the delusions: Themselves, though schizophrenic delusions are sometimes more bizarre. The real difference is that the delusions of mania resolve with the resolution of the mania. Schizophrenic delusions do not usually resolve.
Answered 5/7/2016
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Delusions: Delusions in mania are usually grandiose involving themes of power & religious in nature. Delusions in schizophrenia are mostly bizarre & persecutory.
Answered 10/3/2016
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