Schizophrenia How to prevent relapse

  First, insist on regular outpatient review so that your doctor can dynamically understand the changes in your current condition and help adjust your medications in a timely manner; and help solve the various problems and confusions that patients and their families encounter during maintenance treatment.  Second, insist on maintenance treatment. According to statistics, among the relapsers, those who discontinued their own medication accounted for 54 -77 . The relapse rate of those on maintenance therapy is 40, and the relapse rate of patients who do not adhere to maintenance therapy is as high as 80. This shows the role of maintenance therapy in preventing relapse. Therefore, both patients and their families should pay attention to out-of-hospital medication. You should not think that you do not need to continue to take medication because you have recovered from hospitalization, or that long-term medication will have a great impact on your body, and so on, and then rashly reduce or stop it. It is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice, and if you have any of the above concerns, you should talk to your doctor in a timely manner so that he or she can give you professional answers.  Third, to help patients recognize the symptoms of the disease and understand the importance of relapse prevention. Help patients how to treat the disease correctly, neither blind optimism nor negative pessimism, help patients to improve their psychological tolerance, learn to deal with stressful events, and discover and correct character defects.  Fourth, family members should be good at detecting the precursors of relapse and responding to them in a timely manner. If the patient begins to have sleep problems, emotional instability, irritability, or fretfulness, or suddenly refuses to take medication, it is important to pay attention to the above-mentioned performance is not necessarily a relapse now, but the family should try to understand the cause as much as possible, and promptly reflect to the doctor, so that professional doctors can help to determine, in order to achieve timely treatment.  Fifth, try to provide a relaxed and happy family environment for patients to reduce triggering factors. It is not easy to be overworked or excited, and try to avoid stimulation. Communicate more with the patient, contact the society appropriately, and continuously encourage him/her to adapt to the society and enhance his/her confidence.