Psychiatric Disorders Late in Life by Rajesh R. Tampi Deena J. Tampi & Lisa L. Boyle

Author:Rajesh R. Tampi, Deena J. Tampi & Lisa L. Boyle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Schizoaffective Disorder

While there is a paucity of studies available on schizoaffective disorder in older adults, the available data are consistent in finding schizoaffective disorder more like schizophrenia than bipolar disorder, both epidemiologically and clinically.

In their 2012 study, Meesters et al. estimated the 12-month prevalence of schizoaffective disorder in adults over the age of 60 at 0.14% [20]. Clinically, the features of schizoaffective disorder in older adults include increased treatment resistance, risk of suicide, and severity of illness [21]. Increased mortality rates, negative symptom burden, clinical global impression of impairment, lower likelihood of marriage, and independent living have been found to be similar to schizophrenia [22]. In comparison to depressive and bipolar types of schizoaffective disorder, patients with depressive type appear to be at higher risk for suicide [23].

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