Treatment For Schizoaffective Disorder At Bedrock

Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder, such as delusions, hallucinations, and other psychotic symptoms, as well as depression, rapidly changing moods, manic episodes, and other mood disorder symptoms, can make living everyday life nearly impossible.

If you are experiencing these symptoms, Bedrock Recovery Center can help. Our short-term residential mental health program provides the psychiatric care, structure, and support necessary for recovery, including 24/7 medical supervision, medication management, evidence-based therapies, life skills training, peer support, aftercare planning, and more.

We can help you stabilize during a crisis, including from a relapse. BRC serves as an alternative to a stay in a psychiatric hospital, or as a “step down” from such care, offering additional support for you before you return home.

People with schizoaffective disorder often report that inpatient treatment providing a multidisciplinary approach such as our program helped them achieve recovery.

Schizoaffective Disorder Treatment At Bedrock Recovery Center

At BRC, a full psychiatric evaluation and assessment shortly after your arrival will determine your diagnosis, if needed, and your treatment needs. Compassionate care is provided by our onsite psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioners, master’s-level therapists and counselors, and other highly qualified staff.

Medication Management

Due to delusions and other common symptoms, people with schizoaffective disorder may have a hard time staying on psychiatric medications. One of the benefits of inpatient care at BRC is our medication management services, making sure that medications are given a chance to work and produce the desired outcomes through careful monitoring and adjusting as needed.

Some of the medications used to treat schizoaffective disorder include:

• antidepressant medications
• antipsychotic medications such as paliperidone (Invega)
• mood stabilizers such as lithium
• atypical antipsychotics such as clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, and aripiprazole

These medications address symptoms like depression, hallucinations, and others caused by the mental health disorder.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy in combination with medication and other treatment can also be helpful for recovery. This includes therapy in various settings, such as individual, group, and family sessions, all of which may be included in your personalized treatment plan at Bedrock.

Our evidence-based therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an effective therapy for managing symptoms of mood disorders, like depression, as well as schizophrenia.

Other Treatment Options

Other treatment options available at BRC include life skills training, support groups, and wellness activities.

Social and other life skills training can be personalized to your needs, with options for vocational assistance, communication skills development, self-care skill building, and more. Peer support groups at Bedrock can help you connect with and learn from other people who have had similar life experiences, while recreation activities like yoga and exercise classes, movie nights, and more can help you rest and relax, build healthy coping skills, and have fun.

Learn More About Schizoaffective Disorder

Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized by symptoms also associated with schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, and mood disorders, such as depressive or manic episodes.

This leads to frequent misdiagnoses of the disorder, especially as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Types Of Schizoaffective Disorders

There are two subtypes of schizoaffective disorder. One is the bipolar type, in which a person experiences manic episodes and depression.

The second is the depressive type. This type includes only depressive episodes.

Diagnosis

To receive a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, you will need to speak with a mental health professional to rule out similar disorders.

An evaluation and assessment can clarify your symptoms, and a diagnosis will be made based on criteria for the disorder laid out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).

Signs & Symptoms

Some of the symptoms of schizoaffective disorder can be hard to recognize, such as delusions, because these false beliefs may seem to be true for the person experiencing them.

Loved ones may also be able to recognize signs of schizoaffective disorder, including:

• problems managing self-care
• impacted quality of life such as broken relationships or loss of work
• delusions
• psychosis
• manic episodes
• depressive episodes

Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder tend to worsen over time when left untreated.

Risk Factors

Although there is no exact known cause of schizoaffective disorder, there are several risk factors.

Risk factors of schizoaffective disorder include:

• history of substance use
• biological components, such as a family history of mental illness
• environmental factors, such as living in poverty and other life experiences
• social effects
• brain structure

Statistics

It’s possible to gain a better understanding of schizoaffective disorder through some of the statistics surrounding the disorder.

Statistics on schizoaffective disorder include:

• schizoaffective disorder is rare, with a lifetime prevalence of 0.3%
• schizoaffective disorder affects men and women equally
• men may experience this type of mental illness at an earlier age than women
• schizoaffective disorder is less common than schizophrenia and mood disorders

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