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The evolutionary line in the development of the schizoaffective diagnosis is not easily traced. This is because we can estimate 24 or 25 different definitions of schizoaffective disorder. Several definitions are operational and well described (Marneros and Tsuang 1986; Levinston and Levitt 1987), while some encompass illnesses that share a lot in common with operational definitions of schizoaffective disorder such as benign stupors, reactive psychoses, good premorbid schizophrenia, cycloid psychoses, schizophreniform illnesses, remitting schizophrenia, and acute schizophrenia (Winokur 1984). Certainly, 24 or 25 definitions are a rough estimate; we made no systematic effort to obtain all of the possible definitions and related diagnoses. Assuming 24 possible definitions and criteria sets, it would be possible to study any patient group and come up with 48 to 50 different studies (assuming a separation of schizoaffective mania and schizoaffective depression).
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Winokur, G., Black, D.W., Nasrallah, A. (1990). The Schizoaffective Continuum: Non-Psychotic, Mood Congruent, and Mood Incongruent. In: Marneros, A., Tsuang, M.T. (eds) Affective and Schizoaffective Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75353-4_4
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