Characteristics of Cognitive Disorders in Schizophrenia and their Relation to the Social, Familial and Professional Adaptation Level
Autori:
Mihai MUTIC|, Ileana MARINESCU, Mihail Cristian PIRLOG,
Dragos MARINESCU, Ilinca UNTU, Anamaria CIUBARA
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 56-63
How to cite this article:Mutica, M., Marinescu, I., Pirlog, M.C., Marinescu, D., Untu, I., Ciubara, A. (2015).
Characteristics of Cognitive Disorders in Schizophrenia and their Relation to the Social, Familial and Professional Adaptation Level. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 51, 56-63
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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.
Keywords:
cognitive deficit, schizophrenia, adaptive-integrative deficit, stigmatization, global functioning, social integration, family support.
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