Comparative characteristics of the work capacity of schizophrenic patients with various types of the course of the disease process (based on epidemiological study data)
Serebriakova, Z.N.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 75(9): 1396-1399
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1179905 Document Number: 85062
The paper contains data on the study of 1413 schizophrenic patients according to indices of qualification and invalidity groups. The largest category of working patients were those who were diagnosed as periodical schizophrenia. Close to this group were patients with the sluggish form. Shift-like schizophrenia occupied a position between periodical and sluggish on the one side and more progressive within the framework of continous (paranoid and malignant) on the other. A drop in the percentage of working patients from attack to atlack was the least in periodical schizophrenia. The professional qualifications prior to the onset of the disease influenced the working adaptation more in a less progressive form.