Schizophrenia affects approximately 1% of the world population and has a ubiquitous distribution. Schizophrenia cuts across boundaries of gender, socioeconomic class, race, caste, creed and geographic location. This implies that anybody can be affected by schizophrenia.
It is considered as the “greatest disabler of youth” as it most commonly affects persons in the productive period of their life between 15 and 35 years of age. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified schizophrenia as one of the ten most disabling disorders affecting all human beings.
Effective management of schizophrenia always involves a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists and families.
Medication is the mainstay of treatment in schizophrenia. There is a wide range of medication to choose from depending on the person’s age, nature of illness, affordability, side effect profile etc.
Treatment in schizophrenia does not stop with symptom control. It extends to include rehabilitation and reintegration back into the society. Rehabilitation involves helping those affected with schizophrenia to return to the roles they were performing before they became sick.
Can people with Mental Illness Work?
Schizophrenia is a treatable neurobiological disorder. Like in most medical disorders, good improvement is seen if treatment is initiated early in the course of illness.
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