Symptoms
A major symptom for schizophrenia spectrum disorders involving seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. things that aren't truly there.
What are hallucinations?
The mood disorder characterized by strong mood swings, which is the main symptom paired with schizoaffective disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
The familial cause thought to be one of the main causes of schizoaffective disorder.
What is heredity?
A reason that schizoaffective disorder is hard to diagnose.
What is the overlap between mood disorder and schizophrenic symptoms?
One of the mood symptoms necessary from a diagnoses that involves prolonged periods of sadness, lack of interest, and lack of motivation.
What is depression?
The schizophrenia spectrum disorder that is paired with mood disorder symptoms.
What is schizoaffective disorder?
The kind of substance that can cause schizoaffective symptoms.
What is a psychoactive drug?
The mainstay medication treatment.
What are antipsychotics?
A symptom involving high energy.
What is mania?
The disorder identical to schizophrenia, but in smaller time increments.
What is schizophreniform disorder?
A chronic factor that can contribute to developing symptoms for those who are already likely to develop them.
What is chronic stress?
A mood stabilizing drug often prescribed alongside other prescriptions.
What are antidepressants?
A speech pattern seen as one of the mood symptoms.
What is racing speech?
A psychotic disorder that is well known and categorized by delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders.
What is schizophrenia?
Examples of situations that can cause chronic stress.
What is childhood trauma / loss of a loved one / major life event / divorce / loss of a job or finance?
One of the two main kinds of therapy for treating schizoaffective disorder.
What is cognitive behavioral theory / psychotherapy?
An alternate symptom to flat affect, known as the "negative symptoms" of schizophrenia.
What is anhedonia?
The schizophrenia spectrum disorder where one is more aware of their scattered thinking.
What is schizotypal personality disorder?
A brain chemical that contributes to whether someone develops schizoaffective disorder or not.
What is dopamine?
A last resort treatment used when medication and therapy aren't working.
What is electroconvulsive therapy?