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schizoaffective

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schizoaffective /schizo·af·fec·tive/ (skiz″o-uh-fek´tiv) pertaining to or exhibiting features of both schizophrenic and mood disorders.
schiz·o·af·fec·tive (skts--fktv)
adj.
Showing symptoms suggestive of both schizophrenia and mood disorders.

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Q. Whats schizoaffective disease its a mental disease

A. 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. These patients tended to function well before becoming psychotic; their psychotic symptoms lasted relatively briefly; and they tended to do well afterward. For the full article:
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