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	Schizoaffective Disorder
		Criterion C for Schizoaffective Disorder specifies that mood symptoms that meet criteria for a mood episode must be present for a substantial portion of the entire period of illness.
		Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder and Substance-Induced Delirium are distinguished from Schizoaffective Disorder by the fact that a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication, or exposure to a toxin) is judged to be etiologically related to the symptoms.
		In Schizoaffective Disorder, there must be a mood episode that is concurrent with the active-phase symptoms of Schizophrenia, mood symptoms must be present for a substantial portion of the total duration of the disturbance, and delusions or hallucinations must be present for at least 2 weeks in the absence of prominent mood symptoms.
	www.health.am /psy/schizoaffective-disorder (3493 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schizoaffective disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis describing a situation where both the symptoms of mood disorder and psychosis are present.
		There are two sub-types of schizoaffective disorder: the bipolar type type and the depressive type.
		The psychiatric treatment for schizoaffective disorder is a combination of therapy and medicine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schizoaffective_disorder (361 words)

	Schizoaffective Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schizoaffective Disorder is a biological disorder thought to be brought on by an imbalance in brain chemicals, specifically dopamine.
		Schizoaffective is still sometimes diagnosed simply as a transition from Bipolar to Schizophrenia, since its symptoms are mainly a combination of the two.
		Schizoaffective patients know they have a disorder, unlike Schizophrenic patients, and therefore realize their behavior is due to the disorder and understand the social consequences of their actions.
	www.kypartnership.org /mental/schizoaffective.htm (797 words)

	FACTS ABOUT SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schizoaffective disorder is a major psychiatric disorder that is quite similar to schizophrenia.
		Frequently, this previous diagnosis is revised to schizoaffective disorder when it becomes clear, over time, that the person has sometimes experienced symptoms of mania or depression, but on other occasions has experienced psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions even when his or her mood is stable.
		Vulnerability to developing schizoaffective disorder appears to be partly determined by genetic factors and partly by early environmental factors (such as subtle insults to the brain of the baby in the womb during birth).
	www.npi.ucla.edu /ssg/schizoaffective.htm (1780 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Schizoaffective disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder is a mental condition that causes both psychosis and mood problems.
		Schizoaffective disorder is believed to be less common than schizophrenia and mood disorders.
		Therefore schizoaffective disorder tends to be rare in children.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000930.htm (762 words)

	Schizoaffective Disorder \| aHealthyAdvantage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schizoaffective disorder is a mental illness that shares the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia and the mood disturbances of depression or bipolar disorder.
		The term schizoaffective disorder was first used in the 1930s to describe patients with acute psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions along with disturbed mood.
		For patients with symptoms of bipolar disorder, lithium is often the mood stabilizer of choice; and it is often augmented with an anticonvulsant such as valproate.
	www.ahealthyadvantage.com /topic/topic100587437 (1188 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder Information on Healthline
		In schizoaffective disorder, the experiencing of mood and psychotic symptoms occurs predominantly simultaneously and the mood disturbance is long lasting.
		Schizoaffective disorder is typically identified by a process of lengthy observation and elimination of another diagnostic alternative over a long course of care.
		Importantly, to meet the criteria for the schizoaffective disorder diagnosis, delusions or hallucinations (the most "prototypical" of the psychotic symptoms) must be observed within a fairly lengthy period of time during which there is no form of mood disturbance.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/schizoaffective-disorder (826 words)

	Schizoaffective Disorder \| The Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder
		Mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, are chronic illnesses in which the person's mood may return to "normal" between depressive or manic episodes.) Those with schizoaffective disorder generally respond to lithium better than those with schizophrenia, but not as well as those with mood disorders.
		Schizoaffective disorders, manic type, are usually florid psychoses with an acute onset; although behavior is often grossly disturbed, full recovery generally occurs within a few weeks.
		Schizoaffective episodes of the depressive type are usually less florid and alarming than schizoaffective episodes of the manic type, but they tend to last longer and the prognosis is less favorable.
	www.obad.ca /?q=information_schizoaffective&PHPSESSID=9724388c4cc6bcd6e158c75cee5df9de (2197 words)

	Psych Central: Schizoaffective Disorder Treatment
		Schizoaffective disorder is best treated with both psychotherapy and appropriate medication.
		Recovery from this disorder is usually not the goal of treatment; rather, stable, long-term maintenance is. Medication compliance is far more likely in clients who have a good and stable social support and treatment network as opposed to those who do not.
		Individuals with schizoaffective disorder can easily deteriorate when social support has been removed from their lives, or they suffer any type of serious life stressor (such as an unexpected death, relationship loss, etc.).
	psychcentral.com /disorders/sx4t.htm (2593 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder - Genesis Health System
		Schizoaffective disorder is a mental illness that shares the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia and the mood disturbances of depression or bipolar disorder.
		The term schizoaffective disorder was first used in the 1930s to describe patients with acute psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions along with disturbed mood.
		Antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia and the antidepressant drugs and mood stabilizers used in depression and bipolar disorder are the primary treatments for schizoaffective disorder.
	www.genesishealth.com /conditions/DetailedDisease/001198.aspx (1134 words)

	eMedicine - Schizoaffective Disorder : Article Excerpt by: Guy E Brannon, MD
		Background: Schizoaffective disorder is a perplexing mental illness distinguished by a combination of symptoms of a thought disorder or other psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions (schizophrenia component) and those of a mood disorder (depressive or manic component).
		Mortality/Morbidity: The prognosis for patients with schizoaffective disorder is thought to lie between that of patients with schizophrenia and that of patients with a mood disorder.
		A poor prognosis in patients with schizoaffective disorder is generally associated with a poor premorbid history, an insidious onset, no precipitating factors, a predominant psychosis, negative symptoms, an early onset, an unremitting course, or their having a family member with schizophrenia.
	www.emedicine.com /med/byname/schizoaffective-disorder.htm (592 words)

	Schizoaffective Disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder is one of the most confusing and controversial diagnostic categories in psychiatry.
		People suffering from schizoaffective disorder experience a chronic roller-coaster ride of symptoms and problems that may be more difficult to cope with than either of its parent diseases, schizophrenia or affective disorders (formerly known as mood disorders).
		Schizoaffective disorder responds to treatment with antimanics (such as lithium), antidepressants (such as floxetine), and antipsychotics (such as risperidone).
	www.unm.edu /~shc1/schizoaffective.html (291 words)

	The Center for Reintegration - Schizoaffective Disorder - Questions & Answers
		Although a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder is quite rare - just 5% of serious mental illnes diagnosis -- some researchers believe that the disorder is more widespread and that many people are given a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder when schizoaffective disorder would be the most accurate diagnosis.
		With schizoaffective disorder, the symptoms of bipolar disorder, like either depression or mania, and symptoms of schizophrenia are experienced at the same time, or within a few days of each other.
		Schizoaffective disorder is a disease that will likely affect a person for the rest of their life.
	www.reintegration.com /ami/schizoaffective/questions.asp (635 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder (Disease) - Des Moines, Iowa Health Hospital IA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A disorder that includes features of both schizophrenia (hallucinations, delusions, and deteriorating function) and a mood disorder (either bipolar disorder "manic depression" or major depressive disorder) in which the symptoms are so intertwined that a distinction between the two problems cannot be made.
		To be diagnosed with this disorder, someone must experience psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) for at least 2 weeks in the absence of mood disorder.
		In these illnesses, as well as in schizoaffective disorder, the mood disturbance is a prominent part of the illness.
	www.iowahealth.org /13792.cfm (837 words)

	Schizophrenia Daily News Blog: Schizoaffective Disorder Lies Between
		Much of the literature looking at schizoaffective disorder has speculated on whether the disorder is a subtype of either of the two disorders, or something completely seperate from the two.
		Schizoaffective disorder has an increased risk (at 2.76 fold) of developing if the individual has a first degree relative with had some form of mental illness.
		The findings of this study exemplified that schizoaffective disorder was neither a subgroup of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, rather it showed that it lies between the two disorders.
	www.schizophrenia.com /sznews/archives/002273.html (291 words)

	Anxiety Zone - Schizoaffective disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder that combines the symptoms of mood disorder and psychosis.
		People who have a schizoaffective disorder have symptoms of psychosis, such as bizarre delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech or behaviour, in addition to mood disorders, all at the same time.
		It is essential for someone with this disorder to be under the care of a licensed psychiatrist.
	www.anxietyzone.com /conditions/schizoaffective_disorder.html (457 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Some investigators believe schizoaffective disorder is associated with schizophrenia and may be caused by a similar biological predisposition.
		For patients with symptoms of bipolar disorder, lithium is often the mood stabilizer of choice; and it is often augmented with an anticonvulsant such as valproate.
		While the mainstay of treatment for schizoaffective disorder is antipsychotic medications and mood stabilizers, certain forms of psychotherapy for both patients and family members can be useful.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/schizoaffective_disorder.jsp&mode=print (1080 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 15, Ch. 193, Schizophrenia And Related Disorders
		A psychotic disorder characterized by significant mood symptoms (depression or mania) and symptoms of schizophrenia.
		Differentiating schizoaffective disorder from schizophrenia and affective disorder may require longitudinal assessment of symptoms and symptom progression.
		Because schizoaffective disorder is often associated with disability, comprehensive treatment (including drugs, psychotherapy, and community support) is often required.
	www.merck.com /mrkshared/mmanual/section15/chapter193/193e.jsp (136 words)

	Schizoaffective Disorder Information Center- Support, Chat, Message, Patient, Family, Anti Psychiatry, Zyprexa, ...
		The Disease called "Schizoaffective Disorder" was invented with the advent of the USA's DSM III but it was not until the DSM III r came out that actual guidelines for diagnosing this disease were invented.
		Schizoaffective disorders, manic type, are usually florid psychoses with an acute onset; although behaviour is often grossly disturbed, full recovery generally occurs within a few weeks.
		Schizoaffective episodes of the depressive type are usually less florid and alarming than schizoaffective episodes of the manic type, but they tend to last longer and the prognosis is less favourable.
	www.schizoaffective.org /whatis.htm (1905 words)

	Dr. Koop - Schizoaffective disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder includes elements of both psychosis and mood disorder.
		It is not known how commonly schizoaffective disorder occurs, but it is believed to be less common than schizophrenia or mood disorders.
		Therefore schizoaffective disorder tends to be rare in children.
	www.drkoop.com /ency/93/000930.html (359 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder - MayoClinic.com
		Schizoaffective disorder is a condition in which a person meets the criteria for both schizophrenia and a mood disorder.
		The term "schizoaffective disorder" was introduced in 1933 by a doctor who determined that some patients showed symptoms different enough from schizophrenia to warrant a separate diagnosis.
		With treatment, the prognosis for people with schizoaffective disorder seems to be better than for people with schizophrenia alone, and not as good as for people with a mood disorder alone.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/schizoaffective-disorder/DS00866/METHOD=displayFull (273 words)

	Mental Health: Schizoaffective Disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder is a serious mental illness that has features of two different conditions, schizophrenia and an affective (mood) disorder, either major depression or bipolar disorder.
		Schizoaffective disorder is a life-long illness that can impact all areas of daily living, including work or school, social contacts and relationships.
		Schizoaffective disorder usually begins in the late teen years or early adulthood, often between the ages of 16 and 30.
	www.webmd.com /schizophrenia/guide/mental-health-schizoaffective-disorder (559 words)

	Rethink - Schizoaffective disorder
		Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of mood, thought and anxiety disorder, so that symptoms of mania or depression and psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia may be present at the same time or within days of each other.
		There is a 1 in 200 chance of developing schizoaffective disorder, which usually begins in late adolescence or early adulthood, often between the ages of sixteen and thirty.
		Schizoaffective disorder is a condition in which there are symptoms of mood (affect) disorders, like depression or mania, and symptoms of schizophrenia present at the same time, or within a few days of each other.
	www.rethink.org /about_mental_illness/mental_illnesses_and_disorders/schizoaffective_disorder/index.html (337 words)

	NAMI \| Mental Illnesses
		Schizoaffective disorder is one of the more common, chronic, and disabling mental illnesses.
		To diagnose schizoaffective disorder, a person needs to have primary symptoms of schizophrenia (such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior) along with a period of time when he or she also has symptoms of major depression or a manic episode.
		Schizoaffective disorder may be distinguished from a mood disorder by the fact that delusions or hallucinations must be present in persons with schizoaffective disorder for at least two weeks in the absence of prominent mood symptoms.
	www.nami.org /helpline/schizoaffective.htm (651 words)

	Schizoaffective disorder - Better Health Channel.
		Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of two mental illnesses - schizophrenia and a mood disorder.
		Diagnosis is difficult because the symptoms of schizoaffective disorder are similar to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
		Usually, a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder is made when the symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorder are present at the same time for at least two weeks.
	www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au /bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/(Pages)/Schizoaffective_disorder?OpenDocument (791 words)

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