[Patients with paranoid schizophrenia continuing into old age].
On the basis of a study of 67 elderly patients it was established that the majority of them (38 patients or 56.7%), despite the existence of productive disorders demonstrated a high level of social adaptation. They did not require hospitalization, their mental condition remained stable, even in long-term absence of psychopharmacological treatment. The conclusion is made that in paranoid schizophrenia in old age (as well as in other forms of schizophrenia) there is a reduction in the progressivenses of the morbid process and a tendency towards a stabilization of clinical signs. The adaptation of such patients is promoted by the existence of a family and favourable relations with relatives.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013577:Syndrome
Bol'nye nepreryvno tekushcheĭ paranoidnoĭ shizofrenieĭ v starosti.