Saturday 5 March 2022

Psychiatric Disorders : Scizophrenia , Bipolar Disorder and Schizoaffective Disorder

What are some types of mental disorders?:

Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias.

Depression, bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders.

Eating disorders.

Personality disorders.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.

 Schizophrenia:

Disorder of young adults.

Initial onset in mid to late teens.

Presence of hallucinations 

Delusions of persecution and hallucinations.

Bipolar disorder :

Not manifested by paranoid delusions.

Is usually accompanied by euphoria not obvious dysphoria  that this man is demonstrating

Such patients are rarely threatening to others  or self during their manic episode.

Delusional disorder is characterized by non – bizarre delusions of at least 1 month duration.

Additionally , patients with this diagnosis usually do not have hallucinations unless they are integral to the delusional content.

Schizoaffective disorder :

Requires a presence of schizophrenia and a manjor affective disorder.

This man doesnot require the later as there is no apparent mood disorder.




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