Schizoaffective Disorder

**Semantic type:** Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

**Definition:** A disorder in which the individual suffers from both symptoms that qualify as schizophrenia and symptoms that qualify as a mood disorder (e.g., depression or bipolar disorder) for a substantial portion (but not all) of the active period of the illness; for the remainder of the active period of the illness, the individual suffers from delusions or hallucinations in the absence of prominent mood symptoms.

**Synonyms:** - Schizoaffective disorder, unspecified