I just received the following comment from Laura regarding my article on psychosis for healthyplace.com. She raises an imporant point- how do you know the difference between the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and schizo-affective disorder?
Hi Julie,
Your article was very helpful for me. It not only educated me but gave me hope which I desperately need right now. My 19 year old son is currently hospitalized after a suicide attempt. They have diagnosed with as BP type 1 but possibly schizoidaffective. After reading about the psychosis differences between the two, I am hopeful – he seems to display the BP type of psychosis instead of schizphrenic type.
Hi Laura,
I am so glad the blog helped. Schizoaffective disorder is actually easy to understand in terms of a diagnosis- If the psychosis comes with an obvious mood swing- such a psychotic mania- ie, a person could be euphoric with high energy, zero desire to sleep [ Read More ]

