Treatment
Medication
- While there is no known cure for paranoid schizophrenia, medication is extremely effective in combating the disease. People with this mental illness typically take anti-psychotics, first or second generation, and sometimes other forms of medication such as anti-depressants. The side effects are usually weight gain, involuntary movements, and high cholesterol. The medication tends to do an excellent job of subsiding hallucinations and delusions if the patient was treated early, but the longer the illness goes untreated the harder it is to treat. The type of medication varies from person to person, with doses depending on how severe hallucinations or delusions are.
Psychotherapy
- This type of treatment can greatly help the patient with social interaction. It doesn't cure the mental disorder but helps to improve the sufferers quality of life. Typically this type of treatment is one on one, patient and psychotherapist in a session; although sometimes it can be patient, family and psychotherapist all together. This is a gradual process and helps the patient deal with their paranoia.
- If the illness is very developed then the patient may be hospitalized. This is done to protect the patient from themselves and to help them with their symptoms.
- While there is no known cure for paranoid schizophrenia, medication is extremely effective in combating the disease. People with this mental illness typically take anti-psychotics, first or second generation, and sometimes other forms of medication such as anti-depressants. The side effects are usually weight gain, involuntary movements, and high cholesterol. The medication tends to do an excellent job of subsiding hallucinations and delusions if the patient was treated early, but the longer the illness goes untreated the harder it is to treat. The type of medication varies from person to person, with doses depending on how severe hallucinations or delusions are.
Psychotherapy
- This type of treatment can greatly help the patient with social interaction. It doesn't cure the mental disorder but helps to improve the sufferers quality of life. Typically this type of treatment is one on one, patient and psychotherapist in a session; although sometimes it can be patient, family and psychotherapist all together. This is a gradual process and helps the patient deal with their paranoia.
- If the illness is very developed then the patient may be hospitalized. This is done to protect the patient from themselves and to help them with their symptoms.