Schizoaffective disorder

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What is schizoaffective disorder?

Schizoaffective disorder is a category of mental conditions that includes symptoms of schizophrenia and affective disorders. It has features of both schizophrenia, including hallucinations, delusions, and distorted thinking, and a mood component, such as depression or mania.

Common symptoms reported by people with schizoaffective disorder

Common symptoms
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What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for schizoaffective disorder

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Who has schizoaffective disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 756 say schizoaffective disorder is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 29
30s 87
40s 93
50s 87
60s 110
70+ 222
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 48
20-29 years 35
30-39 years 41
40-49 years 30
50-59 years 22
60-69 years 19
70+ years 16

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 336
Female 860

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 571
Not Diagnosed 24

These charts show data from schizoaffective disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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