[Clinical picture of continuous paranoid schizophrenia in the light of long-term catamnesis in old age].
A total of 100 patients with continuous paranoid schizophrenia who had lived to an old age were studied. It is revealed that a significant part of these patients (about 80%) display good social adaptation, do not require hospitalization and preserve this state in the long-term absence psychopharmacological treatment as well. It relates to the fact that in paranoid schizophrenia in old age signs of a decrease of progression of a morbid process and a tendency towards stabilization of clinical manifestations prevail. In other cases progression of a morbid process retains.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013577:Syndrome
Klinika nepreryvno protekaiushcheĭ paranoidnoĭ shizofrenii v svete otdalennogo katamneza v starosti.