🧠 Easy Read Leaflet: Schizoaffective Disorder [Light Blue Box – Title Section]

 

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What is Schizoaffective Disorder? 🧩

• Mental illness with two main parts:

  • Psychosis 👀🎵 – seeing or hearing things that aren’t real

  • Mood changes 😔😃 – feeling very low (depression) or very high (mania)

• It is its own condition, not just schizophrenia + bipolar.

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[Blue Box]
Signs of Psychosis 👀🎵

• Hearing voices others don’t hear

• Seeing things others don’t see

• Believing things that aren’t true

• Confused thinking or speech

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Signs of Mood Changes 😔😃

Depression (Low Mood)

• Feeling sad, tired, hopeless

• Losing interest in things

• Sleeping too much or too little

Mania (High Mood)

• Feeling very energetic or excited

• Talking fast

• Sleeping very little

• Taking risks or making big decisions

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Comparing Conditions 🧩

Condition	Psychosis?	Mood Changes?	Main Feature
Schizophrenia	✅ Yes	❌ Rarely	Mainly psychosis
Bipolar Disorder	✅ Sometimes	✅ Yes	Big highs and lows
Schizoaffective	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	Mix of psychosis + mood changes

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Getting Support 💊🏠

• Medicines: antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, antidepressants

• Talking therapy (CBT, counseling)

• Support from family, friends, and mental health teams

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Quick Quiz ❓

1. What two types of symptoms are in schizoaffective disorder?

2. What does psychosis mean?

3. Name one sign of depression.

4. Name one sign of mania.

5. Is schizoaffective disorder its own diagnosis?

6. Fill in the blanks:

   • Schizophrenia = _______

   • Bipolar = _______

   • Schizoaffective = _______ + _______

7. Name one type of support for schizoaffective disorder.

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Quiz Answers ✅

1. Psychosis + Mood changes

2. Problems with reality (seeing or hearing things that aren’t real)

3. Feeling sad, tired, hopeless

4. Feeling very energetic, talking fast, sleeping little

5. Yes, it is its own diagnosis

6. Schizophrenia = Psychosis, Bipolar = Mood changes, Schizoaffective = Psychosis + Mood changes

7. Medicines, talking therapy, or support services

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