QBANK A 37-year-old woman who has recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder is brought to the physician by her husband. The husband has a cousin

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A 37-year-old woman who has recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder is brought to the physician by her husband. The husband has a cousin with schizophrenia who in non functional and he is concerned that his wife is going to become like that. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the relative functional prognosis of a patient with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type?

A. Better than for a patient with bipolar I disorder
B. Better than for a patient with bipolar II disorder
C. Better than for a patient with major depressive disorder
D. Better than for a patient with schizophrenia, paranoid type
E. Worse than for a patient with catatonic schizophrenia