Adaptation of Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Disorder with Hypochondriac Symptomatology

Abstract

Introduction Hypochondriac symptomatology in structure of schizophrenic spectrum disorders is form of mental pathology which threatens with serious social consequences for personality. Objective study of adaptive abilities and quality of life of patients suffering from schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder with hypochondriac symptomatology depending on clinical-dynamic features of course of the disease and constitution-morphologic characteristics. Methods clinical-psychopathological, clinical-dynamic, clinical-follow-up, therapeutic, anthropometric and statistical methods. Results Hypochondriac symptomatology affects clinical components of adaptation (at the moment of examination in basic group 50,0% of patients were disabled persons with mental disease, and in comparison group – 32,0%; p Conclusions Hypochondriac symptomatology affects clinical and social adaptation preventing from appearance of socially-oriented internal adaptive reactions and promoting more 'immature” compensatory-adaptive defenses and adverse types of adaptation in patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders.