How to treat schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a disorder in which the person has typical symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, delusions, and disturbances in speech and behavior. However, symptoms often last less than a month or occur only occasionally within a month’s time. Treatment with antipsychotic medications is currently recommended, following the treatment principles of early detection, early treatment, adequate treatment, and relapse prevention. Traditional antipsychotic drugs such as sulpiride, chlorpromazine, fenadine, haloperidol, etc., and newer antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, ziprasidone, aripiprazole, etc., can be used. During the remission period, psychotherapy can also be administered, mainly supportive psychotherapy, through encouraging, understanding and supporting patients to discover and understand their personality characteristics and problems, and helping them to modify and adjust their cognitive and behavioral patterns so that they can better face difficulties and deal with problems.