The Group of Schizoaffective and Related Psychoses-Critique, Record, Follow-Up, and Family Studies

Prognostic Prediction in RDC Schizo-Affective Disorder on the Basis of First-Rank Symptoms Weighted in Terms of Outcome

“…1976, 1981;Taylor and Abrams,. 1975] over an intermediate prog nosis category [e.g., Morrison et al, 1973;Tsuang and Dempsey, 1979;Tsuang ct al.. 1976] to a rather unfavorable outcome type quite similar to so-called poor prognosis schizophrenia [e.g., Croughan et al, 1974;Himmelhoch et al, 1981;Weiner et al, 1977], Indeed, this was basically the conclusion also arrived at by Procci [1976] in his review of studies dealing with the schizo-affective enigma.…”

Puerperal Psychosis

“…The nursing staff noted that "she is completely oblivious to her surroundings; she appears disorientated, unaware of being in hospital, thinking she is at home in Dunfermline (200 miles away); she is bewildered, lost and says everything is moving too fast; she is totally incompetent, requiring help for all tasks; she thinks the staff are her family, and her baby boy Christopher is called Louise; she tried to break the fire alarm glass insisting it was ice and would melt." She told the admitting psychiatrist that she was not in the hospital but at home and gave the date as Sunday, July 9,30 ad (actually Monday, July 17,1978). She said the baby had been born the day before (actually one week before).…”

The Evolution of Some European Diagnostic Concepts Relevant to the Category of Schizoaffective Psychoses

“…Given the current status of the concept of schizoaffective psychosis, which seems to have lost even its original unequivocal prog nostic significance [Croughan et al, 1974;Himmelhoch et al, 1981], the practice of regarding the term 'cycloid psychosis' as a mere synonym of 'schizoaffective psychosis' cannot be justified any longer.…”