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The aim of the study was to study the relationship between non-verbal intelligence, education and the factor of social functioning, taking into account the gender of patients with schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence. It should be noted that no such study was conducted in Georgia. The article discusses one of the most serious mental illnesses - schizophrenia, in terms of social functioning, since social functioning is an indicator of the degree of degradation of the patient. 246 patients with schizophrenia aged 18 to 45 years were examined. Studies have shown that the premorbid intelligence of the patient increases the degree of social adaptation. The higher the non-verbal intelligence, which is an integral part of the intellectual development of patients, the higher the indicators of social activity and adaptation, especially for women. The coefficient of social functioning does not obey the law of normal distribution. Any level of patient education is not a positive factor, although it does not significantly affect the functioning of female patients. The higher the level of non-verbal intelligence, the better the indicators of social activity, especially among women, although in general this dependence is insignificant. The article notes that in accordance with a complex, biopsychosocial approach, along with drug treatment, rehabilitation and social support of patients are necessary. The role of the human environment and other life circumstances of the patient in the severity of schizophrenia is discussed. A number of recommendations are presented that contribute to stopping cognitive decline and, therefore, preserving adaptive skills.

The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between marital status, education, gender of patients and intelligence coefficient in patients in childhood and adolescence onset schizophrenia. We examined 250 patients with schizophrenia under the age of 45 years, in whom the disease began before the age of 18 and treatment was carried out in a psychiatric institution. Education of patients of any level received by patients significantly positively affects the intellectual level, although this effect increases for juveniles and those patients who were never married or were not married during the study period. The presence of patients in marriage not only negatively affects the positive effect of education, although slightly, but still negatively affects the intellectual level of patients. The level of non-verbal intelligence of patients, which is an integral part of the intellectual coefficient IQ does not depend on their gender.

The purpose of the study is to determine the degree of decrease in the intellectual level of people under the age of 45 who have suffered from schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence in comparison with healthy individuals of the same age. 700 patients under the age of 45 years who had schizophrenia from 9 to 18 years old and underwent treatment at the Center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction (Tbilisi, Georgia) and 479 healthy people of the same age range were examined. In this work, the IQ intelligence coefficient was selected as the measured variable, which was determined both in the patient group and in the control group according to the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence method and its part concerning non-verbal intelligence was used. During statistical processing of control group data for comparison with a group of patients, the data of unrealistically low values and extremely high IQ values were withdrawn from consideration. For patients, a violation of the law of the normal distribution of the IQ coefficient was obtained. The degrading effect of schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence on IQ is very "significant" and is an explanation for the patients' IQ deviation fact from the normal distribution. The median IQ of the control group of healthy people is slightly more than 117, which can be explained by the influence of personal and contextual (modern social environment) factors.

The aim of the study was to determine the level of intelligence in people with schizophrenia from childhood and adolescence. It is noteworthy that such studies were not conducted in Georgia. A total of 250 schizophrenic patients under the age of 45 who had the disease started before the age of 18 and who were treated in a psychiatric institution were examined. The study analyzed the obtained data on the level of intelligence from the point of view of age, sex, age of onset of the disease and its type, diagnosis and education. As a result of the study, it was found that a high premorbidal intellectual level contributes to combating the symptoms of the disease, high motivation, less resistance to the conducted drug and other treatment methods, the desire to cooperate with specialists, which helps maintain the level of functioning, including the desire to get an education. No correlation was discovered between the type of disease (negative or positive symptoms) and the IQ (intelligence quotient). To maintain the daily functioning of schizophrenic patients, it is very important to maintain intellectual abilities at the onset of the disease, for which, along with pharmacological treatment, it is necessary to provide cognitive exercises and psychosocial support.