Schizoaffective Disorders
This section provides general information on schizoaffective disorders and describes the symptoms employed by psychiatrists as diagnostic criteria for disorders such as schizoaffective disorder, manic type and schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. Also see the separate page on the DSM approach to schizoaffective disorder.
Please see our separate note on Treatment, Mental Disorders and Basic Science for important caveats on the role and definition of diagnostic criteria.
What are the Schizoaffective Disorders?
The ICD specifies schizoaffective disorders under the following main headings:
External Reading Suggestions on Schizoaffective Disorders
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This page was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Monday, 1 June 2009.
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