[Features of the social and vocational adaptation of schizophrenic patients with a favorable course according to the results of a clinico-epidemiologic study].

Using a uniform system of clinical identification of schizophrenic patients, a clinico-epidemiological examination of 173 patients with favourable schizophrenia (periodic and torpid) and a prolonged duration of the disease (over 20 years) was conducted to compare the characteristics of their social and occupational adaptation. The parameters of the social and occupational adaptation under analysis included education, qualification, the degree of disability, marital status, family composition and familial relationships. The results obtained show that patients with favourable schizophrenia are characterized by high adaptation potentialities. Social and occupational adaptation of patients with periodic schizophrenia is better than in patients with torpid schizophrenia.