Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Schizoaffective Disorder
DEFINITION
- Disorder characterized by major mood episodes and psychotic symptoms, with significant mood symptoms present for the majority of the duration of psychotic illness and with psychotic symptoms sometimes or exclusively occurring in the absence of a major mood episode
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Last updated: August 2, 2017
Citation
Leonpacher, Anne, and Russell Margolis. "Schizoaffective Disorder." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787044/all/Schizoaffective_Disorder.
Leonpacher A, Margolis R. Schizoaffective Disorder. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787044/all/Schizoaffective_Disorder. Accessed September 29, 2025.
Leonpacher, A., & Margolis, R. (2017). Schizoaffective Disorder. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787044/all/Schizoaffective_Disorder
Leonpacher A, Margolis R. Schizoaffective Disorder [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2025 September 29]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787044/all/Schizoaffective_Disorder.
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