Mental Health Services
schizophrenia care
for a stable life
One of the most severe mental health disorders, schizophrenia, can leave you unable to tell reality and fantasy apart. If you’re developing symptoms like delusions and hallucinations that could be signs of schizophrenia, and the team at Pure Psychiatry can help. You can manage schizophrenia and lead a rewarding life. Contact us today.
What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder in which patients have difficulties understanding what’s reality and what’s fantasy.
For example, you might experience delusions, believing that a government agency or secret organization is hunting you. Hallucinations also affect people with schizophrenia, so you might believe there are people around you and talk to them as though they’re real — which to you, they are.
These delusions and hallucinations cause disordered thoughts and behaviors that make it extremely difficult to function in everyday life. People with schizophrenia struggle to study or work and may be unable to take care of themselves properly. The extreme mental anguish schizophrenia causes often gives rise to thoughts of suicide.
However, with the right treatment from Pure Psychiatry, you can overcome these problems and take control of your thoughts.
How is schizophrenia diagnosed?
To diagnose schizophrenia, your provider at Pure Psychiatry carries out an evaluation. They need to check for problems like substance abuse or medication side effects that can cause similar symptoms, so they might take some blood for testing.
They also do a psychiatric assessment, spending time talking to you about your feelings and thoughts. You might need to complete a psychiatric questionnaire as well.
How is schizophrenia treated?
Schizophrenia treatment is lifelong because there’s currently no cure for this condition. Finding the right medication—or combination of medications—and the most effective dose can take time. Schizophrenia drugs may also cause significant side effects, which can make some patients reluctant to take them.
It may take some time to find the medication or combination of medicines that work best and the most effective dose. Schizophrenia drugs can sometimes cause severe side effects too, which means some patients are reluctant to take their medications.
Pure Psychiatry can help by prescribing the medicines that are most likely to achieve good results without causing serious side effects. Talk therapies are also highly beneficial to patients with schizophrenia.
Additional support
In addition, your provider can give you information about other support services for people with schizophrenia, such as:
Stress management
Social skills training
Family therapy
Daily living support
Vocational rehabilitation
Supported employment
Crisis management
With expert care, medication, and support, you can live a long, fulfilling life with schizophrenia. Call Pure Psychiatry to schedule a consultation or book an appointment online today.
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