[Clinico-catamnestic study of the development of remissions in adolescents suffering recurrent schizophrenia].

The formation of remissions of recurrent schizophrenia was studied over time in 32 adolescents (12-17 years of age). Over the period of follow-up (4-8 years) the author analyzed 23 affective-oneiric and 50 affective-delirious attacks of schizophrenia and traced the history of patients at the age of 18-23 years. Following attacks of recurrent schizophrenia all patients presented a gradual formation of remissions. At the first stages continuous affective disturbances were well pronounced. In the course of their subsidence, 1.5-2 years after the end of attacks the patients were characterized by mild personality changes and a slight decrease in the energy potential as compared to its high premorbid level. A number of therapeutic-adaptational recommendations has been developed for the management of patients with recurrent schizophrenia in the period of remission formation.