User:Kvhurley28/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Schizoaffective disorder

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am unfamiliar with Schizoaffective Disorder and I wanted to learn more about it. It was relatively short, so I wanted to evaluate it and see if it provided enough information and reliable sources.

Evaluate the article
There are not many pictures within the article, just a few headshots of notable people involved with the development of schizoaffective disorder. The tone of the article provides a neutral stance, with no biases present. The author states the facts and provides links, especially in regards to information about the DSM-V or DSM-IV statistics and explanations. The author provides history of the disorder and explains the misconceptions involved in the potential misdiagnoses some patients can experience. The organization of the article is in chronological sense and breaks down, signs, symptoms, causes, and treatments. Each topic flows smoothly into the other. The sources in the article are reliable because they are current and stem from the most recent DSM-V updates, while also referencing old information and explaining how it has evolved or changed. The other sources are pulled from primary resources that display an array of valuable information that enhances the article's purpose. The user also included direct quotes of various medical professors who take an active role in diagnostics of various mental disorders. I believe the content is accurate and up-to-date and provides easy-to-read information that is broken down effectively. On the Talk page, the article is rated as mid-importance, as the disorder itself is deemed rare and is not often trafficked. The article itself is rated on a C-scale. While there is effective information, it does not provide the most extensive report. However, as an article published on the medical side of Wikipedia, the article is ranked as a high-importance article on the psychiatry task force page. While the article is not 100%, it provides the basic information needed to understand schizoaffective disorder on a surface level. There are some gaps in the sources, so improvement can be made in covering those gaps, but the article helped me understand more about a topic I originally knew nothing about and I now have information about the subject.