We present the case of a fifty six-year old woman, attending our outpatient clinics since her twenties with the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. On April of 2007 the patient was admitted to a fifteen-day hospitalization due to psychotic symptoms, which remitted with therapeutic doses of...
studies using the term ‘DSM-IV for schizophrenia’ despite later referring to a mixture of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and schizophreniform patients were excluded, whereas those simply stating ‘DSM-IV for schizophrenia’ were included. ...
To be included in the study, participants had to meet the criteria for DSM-5 [33] diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, psychotic disorder induced by substance use, schizophreniform, delusional disorder, or brief psychotic disorder. Show ...
Motherhood and Early Interaction in a Schizoaffective Patient: The Story of a Long-Term PsychotherapyPregnancy is a challenging time for the patient with psychosis, the fetus, the psychotherapist, and the team treating the patient. Little is known about being a parent with psychiatric illness and...
were: men and women, inpatients and outpatients, aged 16–45 years, experiencing a first psychotic episode meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, schizophreniform or schizoaffective disorder. Exclusi...
diagnostic category of nonaffective psychosis (schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or psychotic disorder not otherwise specified); symptom severity; social functioning; quality of life; and time from start of antipsychotic treatment...
(%) Schizophreniform disorder, n (%) Schizoaffective disorder, n (%) Psychosis not otherwise specified, n (%) CGAS 23/36 (63.8) 13/36 (36.1) 24/36 (68.6) 15/36 (44.1) 19/36 (52.8) 11 (5–16) 0.5 14/36 (38.9) 7/36 (19.4) 3/36 (8.3) 12/36 (33.3) 37 20/36 (55.5...
This finding was primarily driven by decreases in the subgroup with schizophrenia, followed by schizoaffective disorder. No significant group differences were noted for MPF between PSD and HC while for regional volume, significant reductions in patients were only observed in bilateral caudate, ...
Patients were diagnosed with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, including schizophrenia (N = 57, schizophreniform disorder (N = 18), schizoaffective disorder (N = 2), or psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified (N = 6). Diagnoses were based on the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I ...
for clients are (1) verified as hav- ing FEP by a psychiatrist in a mental health clinic within 2 years of the onset of psychosis; (2) meet ICD-10 cri- teria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizophreni- form, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief Mascayano et al...