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Schizoaffective
Disorder in Life
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What is Schizoaffective Disorder?
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This disorder is a mix of mental health conditions – including
schizophrenia and mood disorders, such as bipolar disorder.
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Schizophrenia may include hallucinations, delusions, and an
extreme disorder in thinking and behavior, which is very
comparable to Schizoaffective Disorder. (Mayo Clinic)
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Also, Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, causes extreme mood
swings of emotional highs and lows – which is very common in
patients that have Schizoaffective Disorder.
Videos (Part I)
Videos (Part II)
Empirical Article Research I: QEEG Spectrum Analysis of
Patients with Schizoaffective Disorder Compared to
Normal Subjects
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Goal: To achieve a better understanding of the disorder under
question using quantitative electroencephalogram signals (QEEG).
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Participants: 25 men, ages 23-66 and 15 women, ages 22-57 with
schizoaffective disorder; 23 men, ages 18-55 and 17 women, ages
18-53 with no disorder (normal people).
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Methods: The researchers in Razi hospital used EEG to record signals
on different brain waves in certain lobes of the brain to see
differences between healthy patients and SAD patients.
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Results: Normal patients saw alpha waves in their occipital and
centroparietal lobes, while the SAD affected patients saw delta
waves. Thus, a significant difference in brain patterns showed how
sufferers process similar experiences differently.
Empirical Article Research II: Clinical outcomes of a coping
with stress training program among patients suffering from
schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a pilot study
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Goal: The purpose of this study was to study how stress coping skills
can help patients with schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia and
their families to control their brain-and-mind disorders by using
training programs.
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Participants: 14 patients between the ages of 21-60, 12 suffering
from schizophrenia and 2 suffering from schizoaffective disorder
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Methods: Creating an experimental group and a control group; the
control group was “waitlisted” for treatment (but never received it)
and the experimental group received CSSE training and drug
therapy.
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Results: This study found that patients trained in CSSE showed a
significant decrease in psychotic symptoms following the
intervention.
Empirical Article Research III: Heterogeneity of
schizoaffective disorder compared with
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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Goal: the researchers thought schizoaffective disorder could be
characterized by heterogeneity when compared with schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder, and they wanted to test whether heterogeneity is
larger in schizoaffective disorder than in schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder.
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Participants: No actual participants. This study consisted of research on
920 articles from a database.
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Methods: A systematic search for studies simultaneously compared all
three diagnoses with direct regard to their demographic, clinical,
psychometric, and biological parameters, using a comparison of
heterogeneity from the studies measured by standard deviation.
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Results: Schizoaffective disorder was found to be no more diverse than
many of the other functional psychoses, in particular the two in this
study, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Empirical Article Research IV: Predicting 10-year
quality-of-life outcomes of patients with
schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders
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Goal: researchers questioned if quality of life (QOL) increases over time
in sufferers of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders. They aimed
to predict 10-year good versus poor perceived general quality of life
outcomes from baseline variables in people with each disorder.
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Participants: 108 male patients, mean age 48.1, who met DSM-IV
criteria for schizoaffective and schizophrenia were followed for 10 years.
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Methods: logistic regression analysis that was used in determining 10year QOL outcomes from baseline data; measured by results of multiple
questionnaires and scales.
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Results: Researchers predicted patients with the disorders would have
positive predictor scores of paranoia, psychopathy, obsessiveness, etc.
on their evaluations that would correlate to future reality. 87 % of
participants with positive predictor scores had similar scores /
evaluations 10 years after the first evaluation.
A Brief History of Schizoaffective
Disorder
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Jacob Kasanin coined the term schizoaffective psychosis in 1933,
to describe psychotic illnesses with predominant affective symptoms
(mood disorder like symptoms).
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Schizoaffective disorder is mostly recognized in relation to
schizophrenia.
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This disorder is not vastly studied, and there are many objections to
the diagnostic process and if it should be classified as its own
disorder or not.
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Feel free to ask questions if any arise!
References
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Moeini, M., Khaleghi, A., Amiri, N., & Niknam, Z. (2014). Quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG)
Spectrum Analysis of Patients with Schizoaffective Disorder Compared to Normal Subjects. Iranian
Journal of Psychiatry, 9(4), 216-221.
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Pérez, M., Godoy-Izquierdo, D., & Godoy, J. (2013). Clinical outcomes of a coping with stress training
program among patients suffering from schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A pilot
study. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 26(2), 1-17.
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Pagel, T., Baldessarini, R., Franklin, J., & Baethge, C. (2013). Heterogeneity of schizoaffective disorder
compared with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,128, 238–250-238–
250.
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Ritsner, M., Lisker, A., & Grinshpoon, A. (2014). Predicting 10-year quality-of-life outcomes of patients
with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders.Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 68, 308–317308–317.
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The Schizoaffective Disorder Diagnosis: A Conundrum in the Clinical Setting.European Archives of
Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience. Volume 15. Issue 3. Pages 229-239. Wilson, J., Nian, H., & Heckers, S.
(2013).
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Heterogeneity of schizoaffective disorder compared with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Volume 128. Issue 4. Pages 238-250. Pagel, T., Baldessarini, R., Franklin, J., &
Baethge, C. (2013).
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Characteristics of patients diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder compared with schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders. Volume 15. Issue 3. Pages 230-240. Pagel, T., Baldessarini, R., Franklin,
J., & Baethge, C. (2013).