What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?

Learn about the similarities and differences between two distinct, but overlapping psychiatric illnesses, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. read more

1.Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized mainly by hallucination, delusion, and disorganized speech while schizoaffective disorder has manifestations similar to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism. 2.Schizophrenia was discovered earlier in 1908 while schizoaffective disorder was discovered during 1933. read more

Schizoaffective disorder describes a condition that includes aspects of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder (either major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder). Scientists are not entirely certain whether schizoaffective disorder is a condition related mainly to schizophrenia or a mood disorder. read more

Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition in which a person experiences psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, or flat affect, along with symptoms of a mood disorder, such as depression and/or mania. read more