Features of addictive disorders and affective symptoms in schizophrenia

Background. Affective and addictive pathology among patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorders is not only widespread in the mentally healthy population, but also occupies a leading place in the structure of the schizophrenic process. Objective: to identify the features of addictive disorders and affective symptoms in schizophrenia. Materials and Methods. The study was carried out for two years (2019-2020). The main sample consisted of patients (n=34) with schizophrenia (F20) diagnosed according to ICD-10, with various clinical forms and duration of the disease, with the predominance of male patients (n=32) compared to female patients (n=2), mean age of the examined subjects was 28.5±9.8 years. To diagnose affective symptoms, four standardized psychometric tools were used: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, Zigmond A.S., Snaith R.P., 1983), The Questionnaire for Determining the Level and Type of Loneliness (Korchagina S.G., 2008), Cook-Medley Hostility Scale (Ho Scale, Cook W.W., Medley D.M., 1954), The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS, Beck A.T. et al., 1974). The study of the propensity to addictions was carried out according to the Technique for the diagnosis of propensity to various addictions (Lozovaya G.V., 2007). Results. The high degree of propensity to three types of addiction (love, drug, healthy lifestyle), low and subclinical levels of anxiety and depression, as well as mild and moderate severity of hopelessness, deep experiencing the loneliness, moderate degree of propensity to aggression with the trend to low indices were revealed. Also, a reliable association was found between loneliness, religious dependence and sexual addiction