The development of affective psychosis. Social aspects.

On the whole, the concept, that emotional psychosis has no negative effect on later social adaptation, is predominant. In order to investigate this concept, the writers have examined 53 juvenile and adolescent in-patients suffering from an emotional psychosis (manic-depressive psychosis) with the help of a catamnesis. They found that 35.84% of these patients were only able to reach the lowest standard of scholastic achievements. Only 9.43% of the examined cases are able to take a degree at university. 15 people (28.30%) have permanent employment. 13 people (24.53%) got married and three of them (5.66%) are divorced. Most of the patients live with their parents (75.47%). In one half of time observed people, permanent consequences, which led to disturbances in the social area, were observed. Amongst these negative effects, those found most frequently were hyperaesthesia, reduced activity, psychasthenia and aggressiveness. Considering that 83.13% of the examined persons are adults - and that the development of personality is thus completed - the writers can then confirm that the social adaptation of these persons is indeed widely disturbed. They therefore recommend intervention towards rehabilitation and resocialization in good time.