User:Madihuddleston

I have been assigned to edit an article of my choice for my Psychology Capstone course. I chose the article "Schizoaffective Disorder" mainly because I did not know much information on the topic, because it was a class C article, and because I have a family member diagnosed with SAD. I would really like to contribute to the "signs and symptoms" portion of the article; I feel this is what most people use wikipedia for, to see what the diagnosis really entails. I would also like to contribute a bit to the "causes" heading, but instead of adding much more information, I believe it could be presented in a slightly clearer way; I would reword some sentences and maybe add a small bit of information. The main section I would like to contribute on is "treatment." The first statement in the section states that "Few medications are approved specifically for schizoaffective disorder." However, my family member that has been diagnosed with SAD is so heavily medicated to suppress her symptoms that other family members say she is nothing like the person she used to be. I believe this section could use some enlightenment on not only the available options, but also side affects of different combinations of meds. I love that other options for treatment, like therapy, have been included and have a lot of detail.

Sources I plan to use include:

https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/schizoaffective-disorder

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/schizoaffective-disorder

https://www.everydayhealth.com/schizophrenia/guide/schizoaffective/

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