User:Lagg0515/Schizoaffective disorder

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Research in the area of treatment is lacking though Currently, antipsychotic medication is the cornerstone of treatment  '''. Often antipsychotic medication is paired with a mood stabilizer or antidepressant, or in some cases both. In a small percentage of cases, all three are used in combination .''' There is growing concern by some researchers that antidepressants may increase psychosis, mania, and long-term mood episode cycling in the disorder. Hospitalization may be necessary when there is a risk to self or others, usually early in treatment. Psychiatric rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and vocational rehabilitation are very important for recovery of higher psychosocial function. As a group, people with schizoaffective disorder that were diagnosed using DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria (which have since been updated) have a better outcome, but have variable individual psychosocial functional outcomes compared to people with mood disorders, from worse to the same.[non-primary sourceOutcomes for people with DSM-5 diagnosed schizoaffective disorder depend on data from prospective cohort studies, which have not been completed yet. The DSM-5 diagnosis was updated because DSM-IV criteria resulted in overuse of the diagnosis; that is, DSM-IV criteria led to many patients being misdiagnosed with the disorder. DSM-IV prevalence estimates were less than one percent of the population, in the range of 0.5–0.8 percent; newer DSM-5 prevalence estimates are not yet available.