For a variety of reasons, many individuals with schizophrenia don't get satisfactory treatment until years after the onset of their mental illness, if at all. In some cases this may be a consequence of the fact that there are no definitive diagnostic tests, such as a simple blood test, for schizophrenia.
Diagnoses of most... Read more
This blog is recommended reading for the visitors to this site, especially those sending in questions [to the "Ask a Question" Facility] involving their own diagnosis, or how to get a friend or relative into treatment or to take their medications.
In my blog entitled CHOICES II-1 -Impediments to Recovery 1A, posted on 13 October... Read more
In my blog entitled CHOICES II-0 - Starting Over, posted today, 13 October 2008, I cited the mantra that "The point of departure for the journey of recovery is our acceptance of the fact that we have a mental illness." This clique represents the collective wisdom of most providers, as well as many advocacy organizations and involved... Read more
I started a series of blogs entitled Choices in Recovery on September 23, 2007. This series was interrupted by a long series of blogs on coping mechanisms, another on finding and keeping a job, as well as various ad hoc blogs on special topics.
Given all the interruptions and entanglements above, and on the advice of my... Read more
My mini-series of blogs focusing on Choices in Recovery was set aside temporarily when I was asked to write a series of blogs on the unusual Coping Skills that my first psychiatrist taught me some forty plus years ago. The series of blogs on coping skills began with "Ad hoc Blog on Coping Skills" posted on 30 December 2007 and was... Read more
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