How To Live with a Schizophrenia Patient

4- Participate in treatment if possible

If you’re close with someone with schizophrenia, Dr. Weinstein suggests you ask her to sign a release form so you can communicate with the doctor, which can give you the tools to not only encourage her to continue treatment, but to provide the doctor with important info. “Family is usually the best source on how the patient is functioning, because they see the patient every day, while the doctor may be seeing them for 30 minutes once a month,” he says.

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