Disability is presented in schizophrenic patients because of different factor; one of them is neurocognitive disfuntion and the others are non cognitive symptoms.

Recent studies have argued that social cognition is important for the patient and that the repercussions of there that basic cognitive disorders on their lives and social integration are serious.

The aims of this project was analized disability in schizophrenic patients, and we analized their relationship with gender, evolution of the disease and psychopathological symptons.

We studied schizophrenic social Cognition in relation to a control group.

Our study included 49 schizophrenic patients all diagnosed with ICD-10 Criteria and a control group of 40 normal subject.

measues: PANSS Scale

WHO-Disability Diagnostic Scale (WHO-DDS)

Social Cognition Scale (GEOPTE)

Total disability and all of their subscales were not significantly diferent with the gender.

Total disability and all of their subscales is significantly higher in the group of long evolution of the disease(p<0.01)

The psychopathological symptoms that they directly correlate with the disability are the negative symptoms, specially the affective symptoms.

The social Cognitive deterioration is significantly higher in the group of schyzophrenic patients than in the control group.(P<0,0001)

There is not relationship between Disability and Gender.

There is a direct relationship between disability and evolution of the disease.

Of an psychopathological symptoms (PANSS Scale) the affective symptoms bear the strongest relationship with disability.

Schizophrenic patients suffer a higher social cognitive deterioration than the control group.