A total of 36% of patients with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder at first assessment switch, many to schizophrenia (19%), 14% to affective disorders, and 6% to other disorders.

Among patients diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at second assessment, 55% had received a different diagnosis at first assessment, a large portion of whom had been initially diagnosed with affective disorder (24%), schizophrenia (18%), and other disorders (12%).

Diagnostic shift in patients diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of rediagnosis studies - Santelmann - 2016 - Bipolar Disorders - Wiley Online Library

that's like 40 or 50 percent of people being diagnosed with something different before or after schizoaffective. why so many changes?

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