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Schizoaffective Disorder : Tests

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Schizoaffective disorder
Your health care provider will do a psychiatric evaluation to find out about your behavior and symptoms.To be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, you must have psychotic symptoms-- but normal mood-- for at least 2 weeks.The combination of psy...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 6, 2008
Schizoaffective disorder
Even using the DSM-IV-TR criteria, identification of schizoaffective disorder remains difficult and relatively subjective. An unusual condition in this set of diagnostic criteria is the need to weigh the relative prominence of the mood symptoms an...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Schizoaffective Disorder
There are no accepted tissue or brain imaging tests or techniques to diagnose schizophrenia, mood disorders, or schizoaffective disorder. Instead, physicians look for the hallmark signs and symptoms of schizoaffective disorder described above, and...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Tests Articles

Physical examination
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient''s body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
Psychological Tests
Psychological tests are written, visual, or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.Psychological tests are used to assess a variety of mental abilities and attributes, including ach...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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