We note that the imminent revision of official diagnostic classifications (i.e. DSM–V and ICD–11) may be influenced by the opinions articulated in several recent articles that the concept of schizoaffective disorder is unreliable, unhelpful and should be abandoned.31–34 In contrast, our data suggest that what is needed is better recognition of such cases. Abandoning the schizoaffective concept is unlikely to be the optimal way of achieving that goal.
