How to get along with the mentally ill

To get along with a psychiatric patient in the acute stage, it may be necessary to protect oneself and protect the patient from conflict, not to deny the psychiatric patient or even try to convince him, but to try to understand and support the patient’s emotions and various experiences. If possible, direct the psychiatric patient to sports activities, recreational activities within his ability, or even work activities that can divert the psychiatric patient’s attention. For psychiatric patients in the chronic stage, patients are often more passive, socially withdrawn, avoiding communication and interaction with people. At this time, it is best for family members not to bother the psychiatric patients too much, but at the same time, they should also care and love them, timely understand and discover changes in the mood and condition of the psychiatric patients, so as to deal with them in a timely manner, especially the patients may have post-psychotic depression occurs, family members must pay more attention and Guide, enhance the patient’s self-esteem and self-confidence in treatment, etc.