Boundaries of Schizoaffective Disorder
Author(s) -
Roman Kotov,
Shirley H. Leong,
Ramin Mojtabai,
Ann C. Eckardt Erlanger,
Laura J. Fochtmann,
Eduardo Constantino,
Gabrielle A. Carlson,
Evelyn J. Bromet
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.2350
Subject(s) - mania , psychosis , psychology , psychiatry , hypomania , bipolar disorder , mood , cohort , schizoaffective disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , medicine
Established nosology identifies schizoaffective disorder as a distinct category with boundaries separating it from mood disorders with psychosis and from schizophrenia. Alternative models argue for a single boundary distinguishing mood disorders with psychosis from schizophrenia (kraepelinian dichotomy) or a continuous spectrum from affective to nonaffective psychosis.
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