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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what kinds of tests they would be doing. It's more of a history taking of episodes and mood swings.

My son has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. A combination of schizophrenia and bipolar. His psychosis has been very limited, but he definitely has manic and depressive episodes. Medication, therapy and a firm schedule have helped.

I strongly suggest your sister join NAMI and take Family to Family course online (8 week class). [/quote]

I also really recommend NAMI Family to Family course (or Basic for parents of kids under 18)

One thing to consider with psychosis is that it is now well-established that some psychotic episodes are wrongly mistaken as schizophrenia when it is really autoimmune illness.

Admittedly this is a small proportion of schizophrenia cases, so I don't want to give false hope, but definitely should be asked about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/01/schizophrenia-autoimmune-lupus-psychiatry/

A larger proportion of schizophrenia cases are thought go have a genetic basis. Here is one example. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/schizophrenias-strongest-known-genetic-risk-deconstructed
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