The cause of your schizophrenia may be biological Stress may cause you to be worse
It helps if family members achieve a balance between caring for the individual and maintaining their own lives, it reduces anger and guilt, it improves their ability to anticipate and solve problems and forms a therapeutic alliance.
Interviews and observation
Your mothers strength is that she’s supportive. But your behaviour is a problem
Families taught to have weekly family meetings solving problems on family and individual goals, resolve conflict between members, and pinpoint stressors.
Communication skills training
You must listen to each other, express your emotions and discuss things
Teaching the patient and the family the actual facts about the illness, it’s causes, the influence of drug abuse, and the effect of stress and guilt.
Reduces relapse rates
I have continued my medication and have not relapsed due to family therapy!
Preliminary analysis. Through interviews and observation the therapist identifies strength and weaknesses of family members and identifies problem behaviours.
Teach the family to listen, express emotions and discuss things. Additional communication skills are taught such as compromise and negotiation and requesting time out. This is mainly aimed at lowering expressed emotion.
These steps reduce anger and guilt through social functioning. It improves their compliance with taking medication and also reduces relapse rates.
I’m happy my mums back. I knew she would come back. I will calm down then play again