Profile of the Young Patient with Schizophrenia Socio-Cultural Characteristics

Abstract

Abstract The importance of early diagnosis is closely related to the fact that the possibility of predicting the disease suggested by a somewhat characteristic psycho-behavioral profile of the adolescent with schizophrenia could constitute the basis for suspecting the condition which would at act interventions to prevent or delay the disease. In support of this statement is the fact that from the sample of patients included in this study aged between 18 and 30 years, at the time of admission, 44% were already retired due to the disease. This fact is representative of the dramatic socio-professional consequences of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, especially considering the fact that in proportion they were with: high school (32%), vocational school (16%) and higher education (10%). From the patients diagnosed with schizophrenia included in the study 31 benefited from family support and 23 from the community they belong to. Studies show that in the absence of social or family support, the isolation of patients with schizophrenia can trigger depression with a higher in-cidence of self-aggressive behavior and suicidal tendencies.