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Schizo-affective psychosis: definitions and incidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

I. F. Brockington  and
J. P. Leff
I. F. Brockington*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
J. P. Leff
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr I. F. Brockington, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR.
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Synopsis

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.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 91 - 99
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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