Adding the MDD diagnosis

What if you call it unspecified depression?

Regarding schizoaffective... the DSM-5 made that a bit more generous anyway. You have to be in a mood episode for >50% of the duration of the illness to qualify for the diagnosis, so many of the people who previously met the schizoaffective criteria will now be schizophrenia + MDD. I feel like it's hard to prove that somebody has major depression for >50% of the duration of the psychotic illness, so you can call it schizophrenia + MDD until you confirm that. The DSM-5 also adds a bit to say that the schizoaffective diagnosis is supposed to be rare.

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Adding the MDD diagnosis