Features of Cognitive Functioning In Patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia and Concomitant Cerebrovascular Pathology

Abstract

Current international research is increasingly giving more and more attention to the coupled prevalence of paranoid schizophrenia and somatoneurological pathologies, including the presence of concomitant cerebrovascular disease (CVD). The features of clinical picture of cognitive functioning of patients with paranoid schizophrenia in combination with CVD determine the subject of this study. There were examined 59 female patients with paranoid schizophrenia with and without associated CVD. The study data demonstrate that the study group had a higher level of overall psychopathology, including anxiety, depression, disorders of attention, and decrease of cognitive function, if compared with the control group. The obtained data formed the base for the development of personalized approaches in the treatment of the examined patient population.