Preventive measures for young people suffering from Schizophrenia

Preventive measures for young people suffering from Schizophrenia

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that develops most often in young age. Patients suffering from schizophrenia are indifferent to the environment, indifferent to everything. The studies show that the age at which the individual has the first symptoms and the demand for specialized help, influence prognosis good or bad the disease course. Thus, those who seek help soon or already in the first outbreaks of the disease have higher chances of obtaining a good prognosis. If insomnia is growing, it is always a symptom of a serious deterioration that cannot be ignored, especially if this is still reluctance to join (Haro, et al. 2007).

Discussion

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder and a health problem that affects approximately 1% of the population in UK, and causes great suffering for the young patient and family. It presents long term where the patient goes through several periods of flares and remissions, which usually cause deterioration in the functioning of the patient and family (Miller & Mason, 2002).

It is very important to ensure a supportive medication as the preventive measure for young individuals suffering from Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a major mental health problem, and causes great suffering for the family and for the bearer of this disorder (Bellack, 1989). There are five types of differential diagnostics of this disease, schizophrenia disorganized, catatonic, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated, which are distinguished by their characteristic signs and symptoms. The assessment and assistance must be made by a multidisciplinary team composed of at least psychiatrist, occupational therapist, nurse specializing in psychiatry and social worker. The call for individuals who exhibit symptoms of psychosis should be performed in a specialized and can be: pharmacological and psychosocial interventions with family involvement.

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