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How is schizoaffective distinguished from disorganized schizophrenia?
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Schizoaffective disorder includes a diagnosable mood disorder. Most people with disorganized schizophrenia do not meet the diagnostic criteria for a mood disorder. There may be some overlap between disorganized schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with unipolar depression. However, positive symptoms (such as delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech) will be present more prominently in people with schizoaffective disorder.
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What is hebrephrenic schizophrenia?
Hebrephrenic (Disorganized) schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is characterized by disorganized speech (verbigeration, clang association, etc), disorganized behavior (facial grimacing, strange walking patterns, etc), and disorganized affect (labile, silly or inappropriate, etc).
Does Schizoaffective Disorder have better prognosis than Schizophrenia?
Yes. In Schizoaffective Disorder, criterion A is met for schizophrenia (delusions and hallucinations), but there is the ability to generate affect (show emotion) which confers are an improved prognosis and treatment course - as compared to schizophrenia proper.
What is Brians probable diagnosis?
disorganized schizophrenia (A+)
What is the definition of disorganised schizophrenia?
Disorganized schizophrenia refers to a subtype of schizophrenia in which the patient suffers disorganized thought process, behavior, and emotions. Certain criteria have to be met according to the DSM (diagnositc and statistic manual for mental disorders).
What is a treatment characteristic of the disorganized type of schizophrenia as compared to the other forms of schizophrenia?
is less responsive to treatment.
What are different categories of schizophrenia?
Paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual.
What is undifferentiated schizophrenia?
Patients in this category have the characteristic positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic subtypes.It is a type of schizophrenia where the person has both/either negative and positive schizophrenic symptoms but do not strongly enough fit the criteria for paranoid, disorganized or catatonic schizophrenia to be classfied as such.
What are treatments for schizoaffective disorder?
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. alternative therapies.Acupuncture.homeopathy.
What are the symptoms of schizoaffective disorder?
Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder vary considerably from patient to patient. Delusions, hallucinations, and evidence of disturbances in thinking--as observed in full-blown schizophrenia--may be seen.mood fluctuations.
What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?
Dementia is a catch-all word for well, loss of the mental function, lit, out of the mind, De- Mentia. There are different types. Schizoaffective implies a sort of split personality and often violent mood shifts, secondary personalities ( i am not talking about the healthy kind manifested by writers and cartoonists doing different characters) they are both mental illnesses, but Dementia is vague, Schizoid is more specific.
What is the probability of having a child with schizophrenia if both parents' mothers had similar mental illness?
The chance of the child having schizophrenia when both parents have schizophrenia is about 37%. There is no data available for other combinations of illnesses, for example if one parent has schizoaffective disorder and the other has schizophrenia.
Would someone with disorganized schizophrenia do good in school?
No. Disorganized schizophrenia makes it hard for people to focus on one thing at a time, and also makes it hard to focus on everyday tasks, including doing homework and getting ready for school.
