Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning and can be disabling. Social workers encounter individuals with schizophrenia in their daily practice. For social work clinicians to be effective, they must understand the disorder and the treatments that are available.

According to the DSM-5, schizoaffective disorder is one of the disorders under Schizophrenia Spectrum and using the DSM-5 and Clinical provide explanation to the provided questions below discussing the disorder.

Please use schizoaffective disorder to address each of the following in detail, please be sure to include research:

1. What is the etiology of this disorder?
2. What genetic cause or contribute to the development of the disorder in an individual?
3. What are the biological causes or contribute to the development of the disorder in an individual?
4. What are the psychological causes or contributes to the development of the disorder in an individual?
5. What are the social factors cause or contribute to the development of the disorder in an individual?
6. How can this disorder affect an individuals ability to function in everyday life
7. How can a clinician determine that an individual has or may have a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder?
8. What are two appropriate assessment tools used to diagnose this disorder?
9. Provide a critique of these two tools and how they are being used in assessments
10. What are their advantages and disadvantages?
11. What is the ongoing process for treatment for someone diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder?
12. According to current research, what treatment options or interventions are considered best for treating people with this disorder?