85 RESEARCH ON THE DETERMINATION OF CIVIL CAPACITY OF SPECIAL GROUP SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS
Authors: Bai Jinya 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Background
Schizophrenia is a relatively serious mental illness, typically characterized by severe imbalances in thinking, emotions, and behavior. This disease may cause patients to experience symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, confused thinking, and emotional dullness. The civil capacity of special groups of schizophrenia patients is difficult to determine due to the fluctuation of symptoms. The cognitive function and judgment ability of patients vary greatly at different times and situations, which can affect their ability to participate in social activities and also affect the determination of their civil capacity. Based on this, the study aims to explore the impact of schizophrenia on patients’ cognitive function, emotional state, and social adaptation ability by comparing the differences in civil capacity between schizophrenia patients and the general population.

Methods
A study selected 30 special group patients diagnosed with schizophrenia at a mental health center, including 15 males and 15 females, aged between 18 and 75 years old, covering early to old adulthood. Select another 30 normal special groups, with the same selection criteria as above. Participants meet the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia in the International Classification of Diseases. Ensure that all participants understand the research objectives and obtain written informed consent before participating in the study. Participants were randomly divided into an experimental group (schizophrenia patients) and a control group (normal population). Through a team composed of social psychology experts, psychiatrists, social workers, and clinical medicine experts, emotional state and cognitive function assessments were conducted on two groups of individuals, and their cognitive function, emotional state, social perception, and language expression abilities were comprehensively scored. The score ranges from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating better performance.

Results
The scores of various indicators before and after the experimental group and control group patients are shown in Table 1. According to Table 1, the control group scored 1.86 in cognitive function, while the experimental group scored 4.82. The control group scored 1.67 in terms of emotional state, while the experimental group scored 5.21. In terms of social perception, the control group had a score of 2.33, while the experimental group had a score of 5.16. In terms of language expression ability, the control group had a score of 1.44 and the experimental group had a score of 4.23. The statistical results showed a significant improvement in the civil capacity of the experimental group (P&lt;0.001). In the intra group comparison, there was no significant change in the civil capacity of the experimental group (P&gt;0.001).

Discussion
According to the above comparison, the experimental group of schizophrenia patients generally have poor cognitive function, emotional state, social perception, and language expression ability, and there are significant differences compared with the healthy control group. This result indicates that schizophrenia significantly affects the civil capacity of patients. This not only affects the quality of life of patients, but may also impact their exercise of rights in legal and social affairs.