Association between mechanisms of psychological adaptation and cognitive functioning violation in patients with schizotypal disorder

Abstract

By example of patients with schizotypal disorder belonging to the schizophrenia spectrum disorders, the study provides evidence of reliable association between cognitive dysfunction (in attention, memory, thinking) and mechanisms of psychological adaptation (defence mechanisms, coping and the type of attitude to the disease)in patients of this group. Particularly, it was found that the more severe violations of cognitive function were identified the more in adaptive mechanisms of psychological adaptation were used by the patients.

Keywords

• шизофрения
• шизотипическое расстройство
• когнитивные нарушения
• психологическая адаптация
• schizophrenia
• schizotypal disorder
• violations of cognitive function
• psychological adaptation