Clinical Features and Social Behavior of Patients with Schizophrenia

Background : currently schizophrenia remains one of the most disabling diseases. Its clinical manifestations, course and outcome are extremely diverse. At the same time, there is no strict parallelism between the formal severity of illness and behavioral disorders. The aim of review is to analyze the available data on the relationship between clinical symptoms and cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia and behavioral disorders identified in them. Material and Method: the narrative review systematizes the data about influence of various clinical symptoms and their course on the behavior of patients with schizophrenia during the prodromal period, active course of the disease and during remission. Special attention is paid to the role of cognitive impairment, as well as the prevention of socially dangerous actions of mentally ill patients. An original typology of behavior of patients with schizophrenia in remission is considered. Conclusion: the analysis of the reviewed studies determines the possibilities of targeted psychosocial influence in order to form socially adaptive behavior in patients with schizophrenia.