Schizophrenia as an adaptation disease

Until nowadays, there are no common understanding of causes, inner nature and general concept of schizophrenia. The author's theory of schizophrenia as a process of formation of specific emotional - volitional defect, which is a form of adaptive functioning of mentality as pathology was observed in the article. The clinical types and severity of emotional - volitional defect, its dynamic, which are necessary in medical and social expertise and judicial - psychiatric practice, were obtained in the article. The criterion of schizophrenia progression was offered.