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A comparison of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder: results from the second Australian national psychosis survey
journal contribution
posted on 2015-02-01, 00:00 authored by Serafino Mancuso, V A Morgan, P B Mitchell, Michael BerkMichael Berk, A Young, D J CastleIt remains uncertain whether schizoaffective disorder (SAD) is a discrete diagnostic entity, is a variant of either a psychotic mood disorder such as bipolar disorder (BDP) or schizophrenia (SCZ), or exists on a spectral continuum between these disorders. The present study examined whether SCZ, SAD, and BDP differed qualitatively on demographic and clinical variables based on a large Australian dataset.