Posted by alexandra_k on September 27, 2006, at 22:54:40
In reply to Re: genetics of schizophrenia » alexandra_k, posted by Phillipa on September 27, 2006, at 22:05:32
> Alex I think the dx is made depending on what meds work or don't work...
the meds don't tend to be dx specific. anti psychotics, for example, are prescribed for a number of conditions...
paranoid type is by far the most common.
i think there tend to be different hospital wards... i know at the hospital i was in there were... 2 general psych wards. 1 secure ward. 1 seclusion ward. 2 open wards (people waiting for supported accomodation). 2 forensic wards. or something like that anyways...
but the secure and seclusion ward weren't really long term...
apparantly the chronic cases (where people don't respond so well to meds) are sent someplace else...
two hospitals in the country who take them... or something like that...
we used to joke about their being a secret ward underneath the general ward where people sometimes went to... we were just kidding around but were told to stop it because it really wasn't helping some people (oops).
i'm not sure on the disorganised / catatonic types whether those kinds of (positive?) symptoms respond fairly well to meds, or not. i don't know. i don't really know anything about this.
but when i was living in supported accomodation most of the people staying there had a dx of schizophrenia. personally... i think more social activities and group type stuff would have helped. there was one girl there who was really smart and wanted to study psychology. she was doing it by correspondence, though, and had trouble motivating herself to keep with it. i studied with her for a while... but then i got back into drugs and became a bad influence methinks :-( there was a guy who was really into drawing and playing the guitar. he used to draw while we were studying for a while... but then playstation is more fun when you are stoned and so... i don't know. little help. thats what struck me. little help...
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