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Schizophrenia Treatment

Self-Care at Home

Home care for a person with schizophreniadepends on how ill the person is and on the family or guardian's ability to care for the person. The ability to care fora person with schizophreniais tied closely to time, emotional strength, and financial reserves.

In spite of these possible barriers,basic issues to address with people with schizophrenia, include the following:

• First, ensure that your loved one is taking prescribed medications. One of the most common reasons that people with schizophreniarelapse into a new episodeis that they quit taking medication. Family members might see much improvement and mistakenly assume medications may no longer be needed. That is a disastrous assumption. A later psychotic outbreak will likely happen.

• The family should provide a caring, safe environment that allows for as much freedom of action as is appropriate at the time. Any hostilityin the environment should be reduced or eliminated. Likewise, any criticism should be reduced.