Coping and Recovering From Schizophrenia
Psychological disorder has been recognized for thousands of years.
At one point, the people who were diagnosed with the illness or considered "abnormal", whether due to mental illness, mental retardation, or physical abnormality, were largely treated the same.
Early theories believed that psychological disorders were caused by evil possession of the body, and the treatment used was exorcising the evils, through various means, ranging from harmless treatments to dangerous and sometimes deadly treatments.
Over the years, the development of new treatment and rehabilitation programs has emerged.
There are newer methods to reshape the negative expectations of many medical professionals, doctors, patients, and their family members.
Based on analyses of the experts, the cases of 23 schizophrenia patients have successfully returned to work or school with their symptoms under control.
Numerous factors that affect the treatment and recovery includes relationships with family members or loved ones, substance abuse, duration of untreated disorder, reaction to initial medication, adherence to treatment plans, therapeutic relationships, cognitive abilities, interaction and communication with other people, personal history, and access to care.
Whether the psychological disorder affects you or a loved one, you are eager to know how long it will last, and when things will get better or back to normal.
As a result, it can be very frustrating to be answered along with the lines such as "'it depends", or, "there are a lot of things to consider", or, "we can't say how long it will last".
Most people really want to know if they or their loved ones can ever go back to being the person they were before this kind of illness entered their lives.
It is called clinical recovery when the symptoms of a certain disease are no longer present.
Unlike other diseases where clinical recovery usually indicates the beginning of a patient return to his normal life, recovery from this mental illness involves more than one process.
The first is the process known as social recovery which refers to a point where the patient can return to work force or regain his employment and function more effectively in social situations.
The other one is called psychological recovery.
This process is often the most difficult.
It can be thought as the capability to make necessary adjustments following a period of psychosis.
This is related to traumatic experience, through to nervousness, depression and fears about the future.
Schizophrenia is a kind of mental illness that can have a variety of outcomes.
At one extreme, a sufferer may experience an episode, after that a full social and psychological recovery may occur.
On the other hand, a person may encounter many and even worse episodes, from which they will never recover.
Between these sever conditions the course of schizophrenia varies, as does the extent to which the patient may experience residual symptoms, causing him to lose his motivation or interest in life.
These kinds of symptoms can be most devastating.
The importance of social and psychological factors is highlighted when comparing outcomes of treatments used for schizophrenia.
At one point, the people who were diagnosed with the illness or considered "abnormal", whether due to mental illness, mental retardation, or physical abnormality, were largely treated the same.
Early theories believed that psychological disorders were caused by evil possession of the body, and the treatment used was exorcising the evils, through various means, ranging from harmless treatments to dangerous and sometimes deadly treatments.
Over the years, the development of new treatment and rehabilitation programs has emerged.
There are newer methods to reshape the negative expectations of many medical professionals, doctors, patients, and their family members.
Based on analyses of the experts, the cases of 23 schizophrenia patients have successfully returned to work or school with their symptoms under control.
Numerous factors that affect the treatment and recovery includes relationships with family members or loved ones, substance abuse, duration of untreated disorder, reaction to initial medication, adherence to treatment plans, therapeutic relationships, cognitive abilities, interaction and communication with other people, personal history, and access to care.
Whether the psychological disorder affects you or a loved one, you are eager to know how long it will last, and when things will get better or back to normal.
As a result, it can be very frustrating to be answered along with the lines such as "'it depends", or, "there are a lot of things to consider", or, "we can't say how long it will last".
Most people really want to know if they or their loved ones can ever go back to being the person they were before this kind of illness entered their lives.
It is called clinical recovery when the symptoms of a certain disease are no longer present.
Unlike other diseases where clinical recovery usually indicates the beginning of a patient return to his normal life, recovery from this mental illness involves more than one process.
The first is the process known as social recovery which refers to a point where the patient can return to work force or regain his employment and function more effectively in social situations.
The other one is called psychological recovery.
This process is often the most difficult.
It can be thought as the capability to make necessary adjustments following a period of psychosis.
This is related to traumatic experience, through to nervousness, depression and fears about the future.
Schizophrenia is a kind of mental illness that can have a variety of outcomes.
At one extreme, a sufferer may experience an episode, after that a full social and psychological recovery may occur.
On the other hand, a person may encounter many and even worse episodes, from which they will never recover.
Between these sever conditions the course of schizophrenia varies, as does the extent to which the patient may experience residual symptoms, causing him to lose his motivation or interest in life.
These kinds of symptoms can be most devastating.
The importance of social and psychological factors is highlighted when comparing outcomes of treatments used for schizophrenia.
