PMID: 6106396Aug 1, 1980Paper

"Schizoaffective disorder": an invalid diagnosis? A comparison of schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, and affective disorder

The American Journal of Psychiatry
H G PopeD T Axelrod

Abstract

The authors compared patients meeting widely accepted criteria for the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, manic type, with patients meeting rigorous criteria for manic disorder and schizophrenia, using three methods of validation: family history, short-term treatment response, and long-term outcome. No significant differences were found between patients with manic disorder and schizoaffective disorder. However, consistent and often highly significant differences separated patients with schizophrenia from those with manic disorder and schizoaffective disorder. The findings suggest that schizoaffective disorder, as currently defined, is not a valid and independent entity. The authors suggest that psychotic disorders not diagnosable as manic-depressive illness or schizophrenia and without apparent organic basis would best be called "undiagnosed" or "atypical" psychosis. Further, while proposals for new diagnoses or for subtyping of schizophrenia or manic-depressive illness should be encouraged, these should undergo rigorous screening for validity before being accepted into clinical use.

Citations

Mar 1, 1997·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·B LayB Blanz
Mar 1, 1995·Theoretical Medicine·A Mooij
Jun 1, 1990·Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica·J M del Rio Vega, J L Ayuso-Gutierrez
Dec 24, 2003·Journal of Psychiatric Research·Terence A KetterYen shou Yang
Sep 11, 2001·Psychiatry Research·P NeuF M Reischies
Oct 1, 1981·Psychiatry Research·W P London, B M Taylor
Apr 17, 2002·Schizophrenia Research·Glen E GetzStephen M Strakowski
Jan 1, 1985·European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences·G WinokurJ Angst
Jan 1, 1989·European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences·A MarnerosH Jünemann
Apr 1, 1993·Journal of Affective Disorders·H Verdoux, M Bourgeois
Jul 1, 1988·Journal of Affective Disorders·V S WahbyE R Milad
Jan 1, 1989·The Psychiatric Quarterly·S J Bartels, R E Drake
Jan 1, 1985·The Psychiatric Quarterly·A C Lotterman
May 12, 2005·The Psychiatric Quarterly·Claire AdvokatJohn Pickering
Jun 1, 1989·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·C Eggers
Jul 1, 1996·Issues in Mental Health Nursing·A K Wuerker
Mar 1, 2012·Revista colombiana de psiquiatría·Téllez R GerardoEduardo Jaramillo Luis
May 15, 2015·Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica·B L AmannE Pomarol-Clotet
May 1, 1987·Psychosomatics·N E Barklage, J W Jefferson
Jul 22, 2010·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·M JägerK Frasch
Jan 1, 1985·Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry·L N FreemanM E Banegas
Jun 12, 2009·World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)·Alessandra BenedettiGiovanni Battista Cassano
Mar 1, 1983·Comprehensive Psychiatry·H G PopeD Yurgelun-Todd
Sep 1, 1988·Comprehensive Psychiatry·S J Bartels, R E Drake
Jan 1, 1984·Comprehensive Psychiatry·H M van Praag, L Nijo
Jul 22, 2006·Psychiatry Research·C Raymond Lake, Nathaniel Hurwitz
Aug 1, 1983·Psychiatry Research·J I HudsonD Yurgelun-Todd
Aug 25, 2007·Annual Review of Clinical Psychology·Steven E Hyman
Mar 1, 1991·Journal of Clinical Psychology·D H Flics, W G Herron
Jan 1, 1992·International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine·A S ZwilE Raimo
May 1, 1989·Psychological Medicine·M C AngermeyerL Kuehn
Jan 1, 1996·European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience·P NettelbladtU Serin
Sep 20, 1996·American Journal of Medical Genetics·D BlackerE S Gershon
Oct 24, 2017·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Jennifer K Boland, Barry Rosenfeld
Jan 1, 1982·Journal of Clinical Psychology·D N Klein

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is characterized by manic and/or depressive episodes and associated with uncommon shifts in mood, activity levels, and energy. Discover the latest research this illness here.