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Adult Residential Treatment for Schizophrenia

Mental illness, especially schizophrenia, frightens most people to avoidance. Oftentimes, schizophrenics, placed in residential treatment centers, receive very few visitors as loved ones fear the disease and its effects.

  1. Schizoprenia

    • The National Institute of Mental Health states that schizophrenia "is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. About 1 percent of Americans have this illness."

    Symptoms

    • According to schizophrenia.com, 40 percent of schizophrenics are unable to understand they have the disorder as the part of the brain that is responsible for self analysis is damaged. Involuntary placement into a treatment facility may be necessary.

    Determining Level of Schizophrenia

    • Not all schizophrenics require residential treatment. Depending on the level the disorder affects the person, outpatient treatment and regular therapist and medication regimens may work.

    Medications

    • Medications used to treat schizophrenics who experience both auditory and visual hallucinations are called anti-psychotics. These drugs have severe side effects, some even fatal if their levels are not regulated by a team of professionals.

    Residential Facilities

    • Residential facilities are geared toward offering schizophrenic patients individualized therapy, group therapy, medication classes as well as medication management. They are designed in a tier system with newcomers working their way up to, ideally, release once stabilized.

    Tips

    • Not all schizophrenics require residential treatment. Sometimes, residential centers over-medicate schizophrenics and place them into an unnecessary state of sedation.

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