About the factors influencing the indicators of social prognosis in mental illness

The results of clinical and epidemiological research are given (506 patients were examined). The analysis has shown that social involvement prognosis depends not only on the pathology character but also on the practice of mental patient working ability evaluation, on cultural and social factors which are especially important at the present period of historical development of our country. The number of working patients tends to lower while the number of patients recognized as invalids has increased. The conclusion has been made that a social involvement prognosis in psychiatry relates with many factors while factors of clinical and biological nature can obtain social meaning, and it should be taken into account in evaluating the influence of up- to-date patient conducting methods on patient fates.