Whats the difference between schizo-affective and depression with psychotic features?

Posted by admin on May 24th, 2010

Just wondering how you differentiate between schizo-affective and depression with psychotic features?

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One Response to “Whats the difference between schizo-affective and depression with psychotic features?”

1. Annaleigh says:

   May 24, 2010 at 12:23 pm

   Schizo-affective disorder is a mood disorder with schizophrenic tendencies, a person with SAD may hallucinate, have extreme paranoia(schizophrenia symptoms) and have major ups and downs (mood symptoms) for months on end.

   A person with psychotic depression is always in a depressive state, but may experience an episode of psychosis, they could be hallucinating one day and be perfectly fine the next (but still have depression, of course). But a person with schizo-affective disorder will experience psychosis for a longer period of time.

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