[Features of schizoid states, constitutional and acquired]. / O nekotorykh osobennostiakh shizoidnykh sostoianii, konstitutsional'nykh i nazhitykh.

The authors conducted a clinical comparison of schizoid traits of asthenic pole in 2 nozological heterogenic groups of patients. In one group they were of a constitutional character (the group of effusive schizoids), in the other--they were formed following a schizophrenic attack (the group of patients with mildly progressive schizophrenia in the state of remission of asthenic type). It was possible to demonstrate significant differences between the patients of these groups not only in specific schizophrenic traits (autism, the emotional sphere, social adaptation), but in their development. These differences testify to the existence of constitutionally conditioned stable schizoid states and the necessity to distinguish them from acquired psychopathic traits of the schizoid spectrum.

[Long-term stable remissions in slowly progressive juvenile schizophrenia]. / Dlitel'nye stoikie remissii pri maloprogredientnoi iunosheskoi shizofrenii

Protracted stable remissions without residual psychotic disorders are not homogenous while as their typology to a great extent depends upon the clinical picture of the previous attack and the differences in the structure and degree of negative changes. The most stable remissions appeared to be those where the negative disorders did not go beyond the pathological personality changes (pseudopsychopathic states) which by their structure were similar to the expansive pole of schizoid psychopathy. After more polymorphic attacks the remissions had a more deep register of negative disturbances, with signs of a sluggish development, increasing the probability of repeated attacks.