Is schizoaffective sisorder a stable diagnostic category: A retrospective examination

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-227

  Averill, Patricia M ^a   Reas, Deborah L ^a   Shack, Andrew ^a   Shah, Nurun N ^a   Cowan, Katherine ^a   Krajewski, Kenneth ^a   Kopecky, Charles ^a   Guynn, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

schizoaffective; symptom comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POSITIVE SYNDROME; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION;

BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3042730972     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PSAQ.0000031792.70861.92     Document Type: Review

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