Schizophrenia treatment must do several things: prevent relapses, diminish positive symptoms, assist in developing successful social relationships, as well as combat unemployment and homelessness. Simply mitigating the symptoms with a schizophrenia drug can do little to prevent self harm and life-long depression. Instead, patients must educate themselves regarding their condition and seek out support through a mental health association.

The Patient Assistance Program aims to help families pay for a schizophrenia drug, if necessary. However, the first course of action should be psychological intervention to work on social skills training, cognitive remediation, family interventions, and cognitive behavioral therapy of positive symptoms. Patients can often improve attentiveness, motivation and social speaking skills by an effective combination of schizophrenia treatment.

For a treatment of schizophrenia that doubles as a mood enhancer, used especially in cases where patients are suicidal, Clozapine may be administered. This anti-psychotic drug restores the body’s neurotransmitter functions, decreases nervousness, increases positive feelings and combats hallucinations or other disturbances. The danger, of course, is dizziness, high blood pressure, drowsiness and even seizures, although these side effects are extremely rare. Careful monitoring must be done with Clozapine to prevent a fatal bone marrow toxicity that can develop.

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