[Comparative clinico-epidemiologic study of schizophrenic patients living in the central region and far northeast USSR].

The paper deals with comparative clinico-epidemiological studies on populations of schizophrenics, living in some districts of Moscow and the Far North-East of the USSR. It was shown that the clinical picture of schizophrenia in the North-East regions of the country is characterized by a milder development, a prevalence of relatively light psychopathological syndromes and attack-like forms of the disease. It was also demonstrated that the working capacity of patients in the North is higher, which is also related to the forms of development of schizophrenia and the microsocial conditions of this region.