Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 47-50 (2015)

шизофрения, психологическая адаптация, копинг, психологическая защита, schizophrenia, psychological adaptation, coping, Medicine (General), R5-920

The purpose of this research was the comparing of psychological adaptation characteristics (type of attitude to a disease, psychological defense mechanisms, special aspects of coping-strategy) as exemplified by 2 groups of schizophrenia disorder patients: 1) schizotypal disorders (F-21 according to ICD-10); 2) paranoid schizophrenia (F-20 according to ICD-10). The authors arrived at the conclusion of the same nature if special aspects of psychological adaptation in the groups compared. At the same time, both groups compared showed imbalance of «the level of success» between individual characteristics constituting the module of psychological adaptation. This circumstance testifies to the fact that psychological adaptation in the patients with schizophrenic disorders should be evaluated on a case- bycase basis. In conclusion, the study revealed the necessity to take into consideration of these characteristics during rehabilitation of these patients.