THE ACUTE SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSES

J. KasaninAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 90, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.90.1.97

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1. A group of 9 cases is presented in which there is a blending of schizophrenic and affective symptoms.

2. The psychosis is characterized by a very sudden onset in a setting of marked emotional turmoil with a distortion of the outside world and presence of false sensory impressions in some cases. The psychosis lasts a few weeks to a few months and is followed by a recovery.

3. Our patients are young people, in the twenties or thirties, in excellent physical health, in whom there is usually a history of a previous attack in late adolescence.

4. The prepsychotic personalities of our patients show the usual variation found in any group of people.

5. A good social and industrial adjustment, the presence of a definite and specific environmental stress, the interest in life and its opportunities, and the absence of any passivity or withdrawal are some of the factors favoring recovery.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 90 • Number 1 • July 1933

Pages: 97 - 126

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Published in print: July 1933

Published online: 1 April 2006

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J. Kasanin

State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Howard, R. I.

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THE ACUTE SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSES

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