Intellectual efficiency and symptoms of the schizophrenic process.

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to determine the influence of psychosis on the intellectual efficiency in psychotic patients. The scores obtained by schizophrenics tested according to the Wechsler-Bellevue scale were correlated with psychopathological symptoms established during psychiatric examination. The group included 55 patients (18 women and 37 men). The results were subjected to statistical analysis. The following correlations were disclosed: 1) a correlation between the results of Wechsler scale scores and sex as well as the educational level, 2) a more pronounced correlation between the presence of psychotic productions and the results of the performance scale (in relation to verbal scale), 3) higher variability of scores in the verbal scale than in the performances scale, 4) lack of correlation between the age, the age of onset and the results.