What can family members do when a family member has schizophrenia? 1. Provide a harmonious, relaxed and caring family environment for the patient. Family members should pay attention to the patient, take good care of the patient, preferably master a little basic knowledge about the disease and relapse prevention, have a regular family member with them, keep abreast of changes in the patient’s condition, give simple treatment or seek help and send them to the doctor in a timely manner. Family members should have a harmonious relationship, communicate with patients in time, understand their inner changes, increase patients’ trust and sense of security, so that patients are less likely to become lonely and stubborn. 2. Social skills training. After returning to society, patients with schizophrenia usually face difficulties in handling interpersonal relationships, long-term joblessness and reduced quality of life. As a family member, you should encourage patients to have more social contact, participate in group activities, instruct patients how to interact with others and how to adapt to changes in the environment, and try to fully return to society. Some family members mistakenly believe that patients with mental illness need the same rest and care as patients with physical illness, and do not allow patients to engage in any work. Some patients use physical discomfort as an excuse, and their family members even take care of them and do everything for them. As a result, the patient’s inertia is aggravated, social function is significantly reduced, and the decline process is accelerated. Therefore, patients should be encouraged to take care of themselves, be self-reliant, do more things they can do, and participate in occupational work appropriately. 3.Strengthen medication, consultation and drug management. Long-term adherence to medication is the most important way to prevent relapse of the disease. Family members should urge patients to take their medication on time in accordance with medical advice and go to the hospital for regular follow-ups, which many patients fail to do, or even resist, family members should adhere to the principles on this issue, not bottomless indulgence. Do not reduce or stop your own medication. The medication should be managed exclusively by family members so that the patient does not take a large amount at once under impulsive circumstances. 4. Help the patient to establish a more regular lifestyle. Patients with schizophrenia should refrain from smoking, alcohol and strong tea. For patients with gluttonous and overeating behavior, help them to moderate; urge patients to take care of their own lives, change their tendency to be lazy and less active, and gradually arrange some activities that are good for mental and physical health and work or physical labor within the patient’s reach, so that their lives are neither monotonous nor fatiguing. The most basic requirement is: keep your mouth shut, open your legs. 5. Strengthen safety management. It is important to prevent schizophrenic patients from hurting others, self-inflicted injuries, destroying things, running away and not returning, committing suicide, being rude to the opposite sex and other dangerous behaviors. These behaviors often occur in a state of illness and are difficult for patients to control themselves. Therefore, for patients with aura of illness, prevent them from easily accessing objects that can hurt people, restrict their movements, and seek medical attention in a timely manner. It is important to understand the patient’s thoughts and prevent him/her from running away. Take good care of the medication and strengthen supervision to prevent suicide. Any tools that can be used for suicide, such as knives, scissors, rope, and medications, should be removed from the patient’s side in the event of an attack.