Distant stage of schizophrenia with a remitting type of course and disorders of the schizophrenic spectrum

To date, there is a widespread perception of schizophrenia and schizophrenic spectrum disorders as predominantly progressive diseases with an unfavorable prognosis. The possibility of a regredient course of schizophrenia up to a complete stop of the pathological process was noted by the classics of psychiatry. Thus, E. KgaereIp described periods of weakening and even complete disappearance of psychopathological symptoms, he also used the concept of "social recovery" for the first time in schizophrenic spectrum diseases.