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Medical Treatment

This is a time of hope for people with schizophrenia as well as for their families. New and safer medications are constantly being discovered, thus making it possible not only to treat symptoms otherwise resistant to treatment (such as negative or cognitive symptoms), but to considerably diminish the side-effect burden and to improve the quality and enjoyment of life.

In patients experiencing acutely psychotic episodesin which they areobviously a danger to themselves and others, due to either suicidal or homicidal ideation, or inability to take care of their basic needs, hospitalization and antipsychotic medications are the treatments of choice. Hospitalization is essential.