SCHIZOPHRENIA – BLOG 5 – TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS

  What is the main treatment for schizophrenia? The mainstay treatment of schizophrenia is long term antipsychotic medications. This is given by either tablets or injections. Your psychiatrist may prescribe other medications including anti-depressants or mood stabilizers if required to control other mood related symptoms if any. Lifestyle management with optimal diet, relaxation and exercise…

MINDFULNESS IN EMOTIONS

Start to practice being mindful of your day-to-day emotions and where you feel them in your body. Give names to these emotions. Reflect if one emotion feels in the head, whereas the other emotion feels in the chest and so forth. Reflect how you process unhelpful emotions. You can imagine them passing over your mind…