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Schizoaffective Disorder Diagnosis

Health Encyclopedia: Schizoaffective Disorder

Symptoms

The signs and symptoms of schizoaffective disorder vary greatly from person to person.

Often times, persons with schizoaffective disorder seek treatment for problems with mood, daily function, or intrusive thoughts. Psychosis and mood changes may occur at one time, or off and on by themselves.Psychotic symptomscan persist for at least 2 weeks without significant mood symptoms. The course of the disorder feature cycles of severe symptoms followed byimprovement.

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