This is to help writers who want to write about characters with mental disorder. Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder.
"Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized primarily by symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression."(National Health on Mental Health). To be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder the person must go through a period during depression or mania, that occurs at the same time that symptoms of schizophrenia are present, must have delusions and hallucinations for 2 weeks or more, and mostly have symptoms of a major depression or bipolar disorder for the duration of the illness.
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