Schizoaffective disorder includes a wide range of symptoms. Understanding the different categories of symptoms can help you better identify what you're dealing with and how to respond to it.

Positive Symptoms:

- Hallucinations: Perceiving things that aren't there

- Delusions: Strongly held beliefs that don't match reality

- Disorganized speech or thinking: Jumping topics, incoherent speech

Negative Symptoms:

- Avolition: Difficulty initiating tasks

- Anhedonia: Inability to feel pleasure

- Alogia: Decreased speech

- Flat affect: Reduced emotional expression

Mood Symptoms:

- Depression: Hopelessness, fatigue, suicidal thoughts

- Mania: Elevated mood, impulsive behavior

Cognitive Symptoms:

- Poor concentration

- Memory issues

- Slowed thinking

- Difficulty organizing tasks