What Is Schizoaffective Disorder

Schizoaffective disorder is a diagnostic concept that recognizes that some people appear to have characteristics of both a mood disorder and a psychotic disorder. It's a complicated concept because psychosis can often accompany mood disorders, and people with psychosis can often have disturbances of mood. Yet schizoaffective disorder might not be an appropriate diagnosis in these examples.

This lecture explains the history of the schizoaffective concept, spells out current diagnostic criteria, and discusses ongoing problems with how this condition is defined in the DSM-V.

This lecture was given at the February 2, 2021 meeting of the SZconsult learning community.

SZconsult is a free consultation + education service offered by Northeast Ohio Medical University. It’s open to any clinician who wants to learn more about schizophrenia-spectrum illness, or who wants to tap into the collective wisdom of the learning community to find answers to clinical problems.

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