Module 13.5: Other Psychotic Disorders

Question 1

What are the other types of psychotic disorders?

Answer 1

1. Schizoaffective Disorder
2. Schizophreniform Disorder
3. Delusional Disorder
4. Brief psychotic disorder

Question 2

Schizoaffective Disorder

Answer 2

Used to describe people who have features of schizophrenia and severe mood disorder

Question 3

What are the subtypes of schizoaffective disorder?

Answer 3

1. Unipolar
2. Bipolar

Question 4

Why are there subtypes of schizoaffective disorder?

Answer 4

Because there are types of mood disorders

Question 5

How is the reliability of schizoaffective disorder?

Answer 5

Reliability of this disorder has tended to be quite poor and clinicians often do not agree about who meets the criteria for the diagnosis

Question 6

Prognosis of Schizoaffective Disorder

Answer 6

somewhere between that of patients with schizophrenia and that of patients with mood disorders

Question 7

What schizophrenia spectrum disorder does long-term outcome work better form more than schizophrenia?

Answer 7

Research suggests that the long-term (10-year) outcome is much better for patients with schizoaffective disorder than it is for patients with schizophrenia

Question 8

Long-term Outcome

Answer 8

the ultimate or final changes that occur among the program participants or beneficiaries or the broader community or society as a result of the program intervention