CHARACTERISTICS OF COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THEIR RELATION TO THE SOCIAL, FAMILIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION LEVEL
CHARACTERISTICS OF COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THEIR RELATION TO THE SOCIAL, FAMILIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: Schizophrenia has a prevalence of about 1% of the people over 45 years old, more than 75% of the cases having a chronic evolution with major impact on the patients’ global functioning level and implicitly on their social-familial and professional integration. A focal point in the evolution of schizophrenia is the cognitive deficit. This research aims at recording in a non-interventional manner the link between the socialdemographic characteristics, the severity degree of the disorder, the nature of the cerebral abnormalities, the global functioning level and the degree of the cognitive deterioration in schizophrenic patients. The study batch includes 80 patients with equal gender representation, between 45 and 65 years old, who underwent craniocerebral CT (computed tomography) and were applied GAF, CGI-S and MMSE scales in order to evaluate the aforementioned variables. The results show an obvious interconnection between the cognitive impairment, a weak social-familial insertion and a low global functionality. At the same time, the intensity of the cognitive deficit is correlated with the presence of cortical abnormalities, with a negative evolution of the disorder and a weak social support and low autonomy of the individual. The current paper is intended to set the ground for future research with the ultimate goal of designing adjusted means of integration and management of patients with schizophrenia and with cognitive deficit.

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