Definitions
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- adjective Showing symptoms of both schizophrenia and mood disorder.
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- adjective psychiatry Combining the symptoms of
schizophrenia with those ofbipolar disorder
Etymologies
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Examples
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I grew up watching and idolizing TV and by, I believe, simply growing up in this country with the added bonus of having the mental illness called schizoaffective disorder wired into my brain, it is no wonder that I struggle with an eating disorder.
Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009
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I grew up watching and idolizing TV and by, I believe, simply growing up in this country with the added bonus of having the mental illness called schizoaffective disorder wired into my brain, it is no wonder that I struggle with an eating disorder.
How can I claim to be a radical feminist and yet have an eating disorder? Renee 2009
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They conceded during the trial that he committed the shootings and that he should never be free, but argued that his mental illness, described as schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies, was to blame.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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They conceded during the trial that he committed the shootings and that he should never be free, but argued that his mental illness, described as schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies, was to blame.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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They conceded during the trial that he committed the shootings and that he should never be free, but argued that his mental illness, described as schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies, was to blame.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Turkki said she was "schizoaffective" and may have missed some medications, the papers say.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Turkki said she was "schizoaffective" and may have missed some medications, the papers say.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Parker, who suffers from schizoaffective disorder, was arrested after he allegedly sold crack cocaine to a paid confidential informant in July 2005.
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Profits and Punishment: the 99% and the Prison System Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 2011
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Parker, who suffers from schizoaffective disorder, was arrested after he allegedly sold crack cocaine to a paid confidential informant in July 2005.
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Profits and Punishment: the 99% and the Prison System Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 2011
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F.F. was a 36 year old white married female with a schizoaffective disorder who presented to a hospital after an intentional ingestion of colchicine, fluphenazine, lorazepam, benztropine and ethanol.
Colchicine Poisoning 2010
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