[Cognitive disorders in patients with schizophrenia at different stages of the disease].

OBJECTIVE

To study cognitive disorders in patients with schizophrenia at different stages of the disease.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

Forty-five patients with paranoid schizophrenia with first and recurrent episodes were examined clinically and psychometrically using the PANSS. Neurocognitive functioning was assessed with the «Rey--Osterrieth Complex figure».

RESULTS AND

CONCLUSION

Differences were found not only between patients with chronic and first-episode schizophrenia, but also between first-time hospitalized and re-hospitalized patients within the first-episode group.