title: The differential diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder.
abstract: Correctly diagnosing schizoaffective disorder depends on eliciting and documenting an accurate history of the patient's signs and symptoms, including the duration, intensity, and time course. To assist in making the differential diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, clinicians should carefully gather information from patients and other informants, consider the information within a conceptual diagnostic framework, differentiate between schizoaffective disorder and other disorders, and re-evaluate the diagnosis over time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, New York, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kane
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors