Social cognition and its influence on adaptation of people who suffered from the first psychotic episode of schizophrenia

Goal of research is verification of social intelligence characteristics and social intelligence influence on adaptation of people diagnosed with schizophrenia suffered from the first psychotic episode in order to elaborate recommendations relating psychosocial treatment and rehabilitatio

Attitude to diseases and social distance of persons with mental disorders

The stigma of a mental illness negatively affects the social status of patients, compliance, quality of life, and leads to self-stigmatization. The medical sociological method and the modified Bogardus social distance scale were used to examine 271 psychiatric patients in 3 regions of Russi

Social cognition and its influence on adaptation of people who suffered from the first psychotic episode of schizophrenia

Social cognition covers different fields that include a human ability to recognize and identify emotions, apperceive mental states and intentions, understand roles, rules and aims that are a base of social interaction. Disorder in these abilities of people diagnosed with schizophrenia may cause social dysfunction