[Characteristics of the torpid course of psychopathy-like schizophrenia complicated by alcoholism].

A comparative study of two groups of patients with sluggish psychopathy-like schizophrenia complicated (n = 125) and uncomplicated (n = 85) by alcoholism has shown that alcoholism somewhat enlivens affectivity and reduces autistic manifestations, increasing, however, the progressive nature of the schizophrenic process and leading to the formation of a deeper defect.