[ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MANIFESTED IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE]

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.