Schizo-affective psychosis: definitions and incidence

Eight definitions of schizo-affective psychosis have been compared in a sample of psychotic first admissions. Their mutual concordance is very low (mean 0·19) showing that there is very poor agreement about the meaning of the term ‘schizo-affective’ at present. Ten patients (4·5 % of admissions and...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 1979-02, Vol.9 (1), p.91-99
Main Authors: Brockington, I. F., Leff, J. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affective Symptoms - classification
Affective Symptoms - diagnosis
Affective Symptoms - epidemiology
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
Humans
Schizophrenia - classification
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - epidemiology
Syndrome
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Summary:Eight definitions of schizo-affective psychosis have been compared in a sample of psychotic first admissions. Their mutual concordance is very low (mean 0·19) showing that there is very poor agreement about the meaning of the term ‘schizo-affective’ at present. Ten patients (4·5 % of admissions and 8 % of psychotic admissions within the age group studied) satisfied 3 definitions, a figure which demonstrates the numerical importance of this group of unclassified mental disorders.
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291700021590