sometimes referred to as dysthymic schizophreniaschizoaffective disorder combines the clinical signs of bipolar disorder et schizophrenia. Rather little known, this psychic pathology whose manifestations are particularly heterogeneous remains difficult to diagnose.
Described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) since 1952, this mental pathology is regularly questioned by a part of the medical community which does not consider it as a clinical entity in its own right, but as a disorder with delimitations. blurry, halfway between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. According to the International Classification of Diseases (Cim) published by theWorld Health OrganizationSchizoaffective Disorders are defined as “episodic disorders, in which affective symptoms and schizophrenic symptoms are jointly at the forefront of the symptomatology, but do not justify a diagnosis of either schizophrenia or a depressive or manic episode”.
Schizoaffective disorder is manifested by symptoms of both schizophrenia and mood disorder. The clinical signs intersect, but are not necessarily correlated with each other. This means that while the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia fade, the mood disorders will not go away. There are therefore two types of symptoms:
Like many mental illnesses, (…)
