Schizophrenia is often seen as a severe mental illness that causes the patient’s family to be anxious about. Having schizophrenia is difficult for the patients and their families to accept at first. The support and love from the family and friends are very important to the recovery of the schizophrenia patients. Although there is currently no cure for schizophrenia, it is important for them to realize there are treatments available for the patients.

            The route to coping with and treating schizophrenia can be long; being optimistic and realistic at the same time is very crucial. First, educating yourself about schizophrenia’s health impacts, social stress and various treatments can be helpful in understanding the disease better. It is also important to be realistic on how effective the treatments are when you and your family are deciding the treatment with the physicians. For treatments, there are many medications available. In addition, psychosocial rehabilitation is also another option for schizophrenia patients. Lastly, reducing stresses can also make the situation better because stresses can sometimes cause schizophrenia symptoms to occur more often.

            While it is always good to be optimistic, it is important to accept the illness and the difficulties the schizophrenia treatments will bring. Although there is no cure (to completely eliminate schizophrenic symptoms), there are still many different ways to help relieve the symptoms.