Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Showing symptoms of both schizophrenia and affective disorder.
Wiktionary
- adj. psychiatry Combining the symptoms of schizophrenia with those of bipolar disorder
Etymologies
- schizo- + affective (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I grew up watching and idolizing TV and by, I believe, simply growing up in this country with the added bonus of having the mental illness called schizoaffective disorder wired into my brain, it is no wonder that I struggle with an eating disorder.”
“They conceded during the trial that he committed the shootings and that he should never be free, but argued that his mental illness, described as schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies, was to blame.”
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“Turkki said she was "schizoaffective" and may have missed some medications, the papers say.”
“Parker, who suffers from schizoaffective disorder, was arrested after he allegedly sold crack cocaine to a paid confidential informant in July 2005.”
“F.F. was a 36 year old white married female with a schizoaffective disorder who presented to a hospital after an intentional ingestion of colchicine, fluphenazine, lorazepam, benztropine and ethanol.”
“About three years ago clinicians determined he suffered from schizoaffective disorder, a diagnosis that led to a change in his medication and a doubling of his outpatient therapy visits to twice a week.”
The Washington Post: New health-care law improves coverage for mental illnesses
“Mr. Jaffe knows full well that the Alternatives Conferences are attended by many people who have been in fact diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and other serious mental illnesses, but who have found that neither their diagnoses nor their standard treatments have been helpful.”
“I'm gradually making apologies," says Strandlof, who claims he's now taking medications for bipolar disorder, depression and schizoaffective disorder, a mild form of schizophrenia.”
“Embry, who had received diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse, had killed his wife.”
The Washington Post: Video diaries reveal life for those committed to St. Elizabeths
“It is critical that there be ongoing counseling, therapy and monitoring of the compliance of proper medication being taken by the patient to treat the chemical imbalance that causes mental diseases such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bi-polar disorder.”
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sickness (preferably of the brain)
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