Sentences with phrase «as schizoaffective disorder»

This allows clinicians to say, for example, «You have symptoms of psychosis and mania, and we classify that as schizoaffective disorder.»

Not exact matches

The male patient, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, with a prior psychiatric history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and major depression, experienced «dramatic» reductions in auditory hallucinations and delusions, as well as better mood and energy on the ketogenic diet.

As a practicing psychiatrist for more than 15 years, I can tell you that schizoaffective disorder is a particularly challenging diagnosis for people to live with and for psychiatrists to treat.

I enjoy working with individuals with borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and PTSD as well as other disorders.

I work with adults (age 18 +), couples, and families who are dealing with depression, anxiety, mental illness (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder), as well as daily stressors.

Baseline characteristics of the 87 patients were as follows: mean age 38.6 (SD 11.0) years; 69 men; 64 single; 24 lived alone, 17 lived with a partner, 31 lived with parents, and the remainder with others; 61 left school at 16 years; 76 were unemployed, five were in paid employment, six were in voluntary employment or similar, two had never worked; 64 were unskilled and 21 were skilled or professional; 78 had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, eight had schizoaffective psychosis, and two had delusional disorder; the median (range) duration of illness was 11 (1 - 42) years; median (range) number of admissions to hospital was 3 (0 - 20); 10 had a forensic psychiatric history; and 12 had a history of substance abuse.

Patients had to fulfil the following criteria: a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective psychosis, or delusional disorder according to criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised11; no evidence of organic brain disease; substance abuse not identified as the primary problem; age between 18 and 65 years; presence of persistent hallucinations or delusions, or both, for a minimum of 6 months and at least 1 month of stabilisation if they had experienced an exacerbation during this period; stable medication; no psychological or family intervention; their responsible medical officer had given permission for them to enter the study; no serious threat of violence towards the assessors; and they had given informed consent to participate.

For example, these clients may meet the criteria for depression, bi-polar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder, as well as presenting with multiple addictions.

DBT is not recommended for clients with prominent psychotic symptoms (e.g., diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia), current alcohol or substance abuse, or significant cognitive or intellectual impairments as these symptoms may interfere with the capacity to learn and implement DBT skills.

Over three years there as a case manager / psychotherapist I was blessed with the opportunity to work with hundreds of clients struggling with issues related to mental illness such as bipolar, depression, PTSD, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and personality disorders.