tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post9053453915832931874..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Let's Kill the Schizoaffective DiagnosisJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-79375373610000738282015-10-12T22:45:28.681-07:002015-10-12T22:45:28.681-07:00
schizoaffective disorder was once a big problem ...<br /> schizoaffective disorder was once a big problem to my son, and he has severe changes in mood and some of the psychotic symptoms he was having are, hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. Poor appetite, Changes in sleeping patterns sleeping very little or a lot, excessive restlessness, Lack of energy, Loss of interest in usual activities, Feelings of worthlessness or Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023599856459503524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-91784165933645373082015-10-12T22:44:07.122-07:002015-10-12T22:44:07.122-07:00
schizoaffective disorder was once a big problem ...<br /> schizoaffective disorder was once a big problem to my son, and he has severe changes in mood and some of the psychotic symptoms he was having are, hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. Poor appetite, Changes in sleeping patterns sleeping very little or a lot, excessive restlessness, Lack of energy, Loss of interest in usual activities, Feelings of worthlessness or Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023599856459503524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-31439912847407967352011-05-18T11:54:08.873-07:002011-05-18T11:54:08.873-07:00"Now it seems schizoaffective is being over d..."Now it seems schizoaffective is being over dx'd..."<br /><br />Much as Bipolar has been over diagnosed. So many people are given the Bipolar diagnosis that so really do not have it.<br /><br />No one wanted Bipolar back in the day and no one wants Borderline still today. Little want Schizoaffective Disorder because it is too much likened to Schizophrenia. <br /><br />No one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-2763066111408323112011-05-16T10:00:20.231-07:002011-05-16T10:00:20.231-07:00Hey, Lizabeth. From Wikipedia:
"The term sch...Hey, Lizabeth. From Wikipedia:<br /><br />"The term schizoaffective psychosis was introduced by the American psychiatrist Jacob Kasanin in 1933 to describe an episodic psychotic illness with predominant affective symptoms, that was thought at the time to be a good-prognosis schizophrenia."<br /><br />Ever since, psychiatry has been trying to figure out this overlap between BP and SZ. ItJohn McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-47397080159682554642011-05-16T09:29:05.469-07:002011-05-16T09:29:05.469-07:00Wow--color me confused. The thing I am wondering a...Wow--color me confused. The thing I am wondering about tho---was the initial 1933 coinage of the diagnosis Schizoaffective Disorder really a way to minimize schizophrenia and make it more socially acceptable? Especially in a time when they had no medications that really did anything but some patients able to function some of the time anyway this may have been a "feel good" diagnosis forLizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-4090570518266987122011-05-15T23:07:16.588-07:002011-05-15T23:07:16.588-07:00Hey, Charles. Like you, I've benefitted from ...Hey, Charles. Like you, I've benefitted from what I've observed in DBSA support groups. What I've seen: the difficult cases tend to be diagnosed "down." Thus, people in the BP II range are first dx'd with unipolar depression. Those with borderline (and these individuals stand out like a sore thumb after several meetings) wear the bipolar label. Those with the John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-60147824440465406032011-05-15T22:16:47.555-07:002011-05-15T22:16:47.555-07:00You raise an interesting point that should be deba...You raise an interesting point that <b>should be debated by the medical profession.</b> Our support groups don't have any professional psychologists or psychiatrists in them, but we have the luxury of time. In the cases of schizoaffective disorder that I've seen, I could not always discern a direct connection between the bipolar and schizophrenic elements, and they often appeared to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com