E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The present study was investigated about cognitive characteristics of the patients with schizophrenia on quantitative and qualitative analysis of Korean Wechsler Intelligence Scale (KWIS). Subjects were positive and negative schizophrenics, and depressions of 14 each persons, diagnosed by psychiatrists based on criteria by DSM-III-R(APA, 1987). Through the result of quantitative and qualitative analysis, it was found that cognitive function of the schizophrenics were declined in quantitative analysis compared with the depressions. In the evaluation of thought disorder, qualitative analysis, positive schizoprenics were found significantly severe on the thought disorder level(0.50, 0,75) compared with negative schizoprenics and depression. Finally, suggestions and limitations of this study were described.