schizoaffective psychosis

schizoaffective psychosis

n.

A psychotic disturbance in which there is a mixture of schizophrenic and manic-depressive symptoms.

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Patient discussion about schizoaffective psychosis.

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:
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/schizoaffective_disorder.jsp

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