{"id":8189,"date":"2021-06-01T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?page_id=8189"},"modified":"2023-04-19T19:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:05:28","slug":"schizophrenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/schizophrenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizophrenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-reviewed-by section-sidebar-visible\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-left media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-thumbail\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/kate_rosenblatt-headshot-300x300.png');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reviewed-by-title\">Medically reviewed by<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\" style=\"display:none;\">Kate Rosenblatt, MA, LPC, LMHC<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\">Kate Rosenblatt, MA, LPC, LMHC<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reviewed On: January 31, 2022<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>  \r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"faq section\" id=\"section-faq\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-new\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">Is there a cure for schizophrenia?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Being diagnosed with schizophrenia doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t live a full and meaningful life. Although there is no cure, it is treatable with a combination of antipsychotic<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/schizophrenia\/medications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medications for schizophrenia<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>and supportive counseling.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">What types of therapy help schizophrenia?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Therapy options for people with schizophrenia include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Individual psychotherapy:<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Individual psychotherapy for schizophrenia patients involves regularly scheduled talks between the patient and a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric social worker, or nurse. The sessions (most effective if held on a regular basis) may focus on current or past<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/blog\/why-therapy-is-for-everyone\/\">problems<\/a>, experiences, thoughts, feelings, or relationships. By sharing experiences with a trained, licensed mental health professional, individuals with schizophrenia may gradually come to understand more about themselves and their problems. They can also learn to sort out the real from the unreal and distorted world that their disorder fosters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT):<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>In<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/blog\/what-is-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-how-is-it-conducted-online\/\">CBT<\/a>, a psychotherapist helps a person change potentially harmful or destructive beliefs and behaviors \u2014 actions and thoughts that may have developed as early as childhood and early adolescence. Cognition refers to thought patterns, and a therapist can help people with schizophrenia transform their harmful or negative cognitive patterns into healthier and more positive beliefs. CBT hinges itself on initially setting goals, meeting them, and obtaining a measure of self-awareness and confidence in order to progress and succeed in therapy. CBT looks at how our thoughts impact our feelings, which impact our behaviors. So if we can change our thoughts, we can then change how we feel and what we do.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cognitive enhancement therapy (CET):<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>CET teaches people how to better recognize triggers or social cues that cause schizophrenia symptoms to appear and helps improve an individual\u2019s ability to organize their thoughts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Psychosocial therapy:<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Psychosocial therapy helps an individual feel comfortable being in a community. This method of therapy can include social skills training, rehabilitation, family education, and self-help groups. These methods can help individuals manage their symptoms, develop the support they need, and create a satisfying, purpose-driven life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support groups<\/strong>: Support groups help people with schizophrenia and their families feel less alone. Members of the group offer each other emotional support, acceptance, and advice. Some groups also get involved in advocacy efforts that fight stigma and work to improve the lives of all people who have mental illness. By speaking to other people with schizophrenia about one\u2019s symptoms, and participating in dialogue about mental illness aids, one can see their own problems in the experience of others \u2014 and perhaps gain further understanding and perspective on their illness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social skills training (SST):<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>SST uses the principles of behavior therapy to teach communication skills, assertiveness skills, and other skills related to disease management and independent living. Skills are broken down into several discrete steps. After reviewing the steps, the therapist models the skill by demonstrating them. SST is often done in small groups, led by two co-therapists who then do role-plays to learn and practice skill. Therapists and group members provide constructive feedback to the individual after each role play and each participant is given an opportunity to practice the skill several times. Repeated practice and over-learning of skills are important aspects of SST.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">What medications are used to treat schizophrenia?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Antipsychotics help reduce psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, paranoia and disordered thinking. However, they may be less helpful for treating behavioral symptoms such as social withdrawal, lack of motivation and lack of emotional expressiveness. There are a wide variety of medications that can be used to treat schizophrenia symptoms, but a doctor will be able to help select the one that works best for each person.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t{\n\t\t  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n\t\t  \"mainEntity\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t  \"@type\": \"Question\",\n\t\t\t\t\t  \"name\": \"Is there a cure for schizophrenia?\",\n\t\t\t\t\t  \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Answer\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"text\": \"<p>Being diagnosed with schizophrenia doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t live a full and meaningful life. 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