Schizoaffective Disorder: A Challenge

Abstract

Schizoaffective Disorder (SAD) is a mental disorder characterized by symptoms of schizophrenia and affective disorder like depression and/or mania, which occur simultaneously or alternately. In the international classification of mental disorders, ICD-10, it is subsumed under the spectrum of schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders. However, the available research results do not allow a final decision whether SAD is more appropriate classified in the affective disorder chapter [1].