What is the treatment option for shizoaffective disorder?
Answers: The most effective treatment for schizoaffective disorder is a combination of drug treatment and psychosocial interventions. The medication include antipsychotics along with antidepressants or mood stabilizers. The newer atypical antipsychotics such as clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and aripiprazole are safer than the elder typical or conventional antipsychotics such as haloperidol and fluphenazine in expressions of parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesia. The newer drugs may also have better effects on mood symptoms.
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