[Personality changes in patients with periodic psychoses].

The author studied some personality changes in 35 patients with psychoses of periodical development (affective and schizoaffective psychoses), which are important for the rehabilitation period. It was demonstrated that following acute psychotic states there may be a significant distortion of the personality traits giving ground to qualify this state as "a defect", which in the opinion of the author is not justified. Adequate treatment to a large degree removes the personality changes. However, during the remission period there may be some irreversible changes of the personality. The author believes that in some cases there may be peculiar postpsychotic reactions and personality development.