This paper reviews recent literature on schizoaffective disorder. Research studies of diagnosis, clinical course and outcome and family history are evaluated. It is concluded that schizoaffective disorder is a heterogeneous category which includes patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, a genetically distinct psychosis and a genetic disposition to both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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Michèle A. Lapensèe (1992) studied this question.
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