You are comparing symptoms to a serious mental illness. Schizophrenia is a diagnosis for various types of disorders. Mood disorders and anxiety problems can be a symptom of a schizophrenic's disorder.
No. Anxiety and schizophrenia are two different disorders. Anxiety is neurotic, and schizophrenia is psychotic. Although at times anxiety in severe cases can lead to losing touch with reality ( severe anxiety ) it can never lead to a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia.
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.
Depakote is an antipsychotic, mood stabilizer. They mainly describe it for Bipolar Disorder/Schizophrenia. It's almost related to Lithium which is also for Bipolar Disorder/Schizophrenia.
3% of Australians are affected by psychotic illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder at some point in their life. taken from http://www.mindframe-media.info/site/index.cfm?display=85541
Delusions are a common symptom of several mood and personality-related mental illnesses, including schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, shared psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Depression, although also anxiety, either by itself or alternating with depression.The most easily recognized mood disorders symptoms include depression and anxiety
Depression, although also anxiety, either by itself or alternating with depression.The most easily recognized mood disorders symptoms include depression and anxiety
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.
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.
Mood disorders can be caused by a combination of factors, including genetics, biology, environment, and life experiences. Imbalances in brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) such as serotonin and dopamine may also play a role in the development of mood disorders like depression or bipolar disorder. Additionally, stressful life events, trauma, chronic illness, or substance abuse can contribute to the onset of mood disorders.
Mood disorders is a wider category of diagnosis. Anxiety disorder is one type of mood disorder. Others include bipolar disorder (manic/depression), all sorts of depressive disorders, and more. You can check the DSM IVR for specifics. All of these are categorizations of problems that get in the way of someone living a fully functional life. Speak to your doctor or a local psychotherapist for more information. Anxiety disorders deal with various psychiatric diagnosis dealing with anxiety, abnormal feelings of fear, worry, overconcern. These include generalized anxiety disorder , panic disorders, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and others. Mood disorders deal with moods. They are known too as affective disorders. These mental health disorders are major depression, bipolar-formerly known as manic depression, dysthymia and cyclothhymia. These last two are milder forms of major depression and bipolar disorder.
bipolar disorder, mood disorder, symptoms are extremecycles of high and low moodschizophrenia, thought disorder, symptoms are hallucinations and delusionsmultiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder, dissociation disorder, symptoms are changes in identity and personality