What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

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What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

• Schizoaffective disorder is a psychiatric
  diagnoses of neurobiological illness. It
  describes a condition where symptoms of a mood
  disorder and symptoms of schizophrenia are both
  present. A person may manifest impairments in
  the perception or expression of reality, most
  commonly in the form of auditory hallucinations,
  paranoid or bizarre delusions or disorganized
  speech and thinking, as well as discrete manic
  and/or mixed and/or depressive episodes in the
  context of significant social or occupational
  dysfunction.
• The disorder usually begins in early adulthood
  although, rarely, it is diagnosed in childhood.
  Schizoaffective disorder is more common in women
  than men.
• There are two types of schizoaffective disorder
  the bipolar type and the depressive type. In
  general, schizoaffective disorder bipolar type
  has a better prognosis than the depressive type,
  which can result in a residual defect with the
  passing of time.

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Schizoaffective Disorder