P0121 - The correlation between social interaction and intelect (iq) in schizophrenic patients

Abstract

Objective:

evaluate the relation between social interaction and intellect in schizophrenic patients.

Analyzing different international studies the conclusion is that schizophrenic patients doesn't have necessary inferior the coefficient intelligence compare to healthy people, but they can have major difficulties in social interaction.

Methods:

The selection criteria's for schizophrenic patient were:

1. • Age between 18 and 60

2. • Male and female in equal rate

3. • Different levels of education, preferring patient with elementary, medium and high school education

4. • To be under antipsychotic treatment knowing that treatment doesn't affect social interaction

5. • PANSS Scale to evaluate symptoms.

The schizophrenic group is composed of schizophrenic inpatients from the First Clinic of Psychiatry, Tirgu Mures, followed between the 10-th of October 2006 and the 28-th of May 2007. The tests used for the control group were administered in the same period.

After completing the Baron Cohen test (the reading the mind in the eyes test) and the intelligence Raven test, the statistical evaluation of results was made using Excel and two programs of statistical analysis: SPSS and Graph Pad.

Conclusions:

As a general conclusion we can say that there are no differences regarding the intelligence coefficient between the healthy and the schizophrenic patients, but the people suffering from schizophrenia have big difficulties in deciphering other's emotions, in understanding the mental states and the feelings. As a result of this, the schizophrenic patients had a much lower score in tests which involves the using of ToM mechanism, than healthy people.