title: Nosological position of schizo-affective psychoses in France.
abstract: French clinicians unanimously reject the term 'schizo-affective' in favor of two specific French diagnostic categories: the 'bouffées délirantes polymorphes, Magnan-type' and the 'dysthymic schizophrenias'. The present article presents the results of two recent nationwide investigations into French clinicians actual opinions and diagnostic practices in this field. It provides operational definitions based upon empirical diagnostic criteria and compares the two concepts with related concepts from other schools.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology