[Psychosocial aspect and personality characteristics of patients with hemophilia].

The paper is concerned with the results of a study of the personality, of the intellectual development and psychosocial status in 137 patients aged 5 to 50 years suffering from hemophilia. As compared to the control group, insufficient social and labour adaptation of adult patients was established in spite of the positive characteristics of the personality and higher mentality in the patients at preschool and school ages. It is concluded that the problem requires further study with the use of the data obtained in psychosocial rehabilitation of this patients' group.