[Family formation by schizophrenic and manic-depressive patients according to an epidemiologic study (birth rate)]

The birth rate among patients with endogenous disorders is considered as an index of the degree of their social adaptation. It was established that in all forms of such disorders the level of birth rates and the rate of family formation is lower than that in the general population. However, in all endogenous disorders (except the malignant schizophrenia) there are some patients the adaptation of whom is not disturbed.