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·         Rehab therapy

·         Family therapy

·         Group therapy

·         Behaviour therapy

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(cannot actually be cured, but there is treatment available)

1)Medications

·         First-generation antipsychotics

-          Chlorpromazine

-          Fluphenazine

-          Haloperidol

-          Perphenazine

Although they’re a treatment, these antipsychotics are significant to sever neurological side effects.

-          Second-generation antipsychotics

-          Aripiprazole (Abilify), Asenapine (Saphris), Brexpiprazole (Rexulti), Cariprazine Clozapine (Clozari),Iloperidone (Fanapt),Lurasidone (Latuda), Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Paliperidone (Invega), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Risperidone (Risperdal),Ziprasidone (Geodon)

The newer generation of antipsychotics, preferred or recommended more often as they don’t have such serious side effects as the first generation. It also is excellent that there is a wider range of antipsychotics.

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Overall both support services are ways for someone battling a mental illness to talk about what they’re going through. They provide great recourses and a situated both in Australia and world-wide. Anyone that feels uncomfortable to seek help through a centre or face to face with a person, can easily access these websites and speak online either through a support group or an individual willing to listen and help to the best of their abilities.

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https://www.headspace.org.au/

Headspace a support network aimed mainly at helping and working with youth, or young people diagnosed with mental illness. One being schizophrenia, this website is fantastic for young people to access as you can gain information on it from social media sites such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram and YouTube. It is also has many opportunities for anyone interested in helping or the families that are going through the experience of a mental illness as someone they love may have been diagnosed.

You are able to contact this support network by simply searching for a centre online, and finding the nearest one, closest to you. Headspace centres are based all over Australia, mostly in Victoria and NSW. Another option is to ‘talk to someone’. There is an option that allows you to chat online with anyone that can help, you can either chat on a phone call or via email.

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http://schizophrenia.com/coping.html#

Schizophrenia is an extreme challenge and battle someone can grow through, but not only does it affect them, but their family as well. This is a website that allows the people affected and diagnosed to talk to other people who are going through the same thing as them. Schizophrenia.com is based on support groups and you can find one anywhere around the world, from USA to Japan or Australia, and many places in Europe.

A person is able to contact this support service by going to a website provided on the main page of Schizophrenia.com, as you look at what country you’re from and many links come up that you can access. An example of a website from Australia is https://www.sane.org/get-help. On here there are helplines, group chats, and many support services provided for someone diagnosed with schizophrenia or any mental illness.

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https://www.myvmc.com/diseases/schizophrenia/

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/schizophrenia

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/dxc-20249627

http://www.schizophreniaresearch.org.au/schizophrenia/about-schizophrenia/

http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/schizophrenia-symptoms#1

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/schizophrenia/schizophrenia-signs-types-and-causes.htm

http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/delusions.html

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/diagnosis-treatment/treatment/txc-20253211
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=treatments+for+schizophrenia&oq=treatments+for+sch&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.5698j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Diagnosis involves ruling out other mental health disorders and determining that symptoms are not due to substance abuse, medication or a medical condition.
- Diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.
-Psychiatric evaluation
-Tests and screenings
-Physical exam

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The exact cause of schizophrenia isn't known, but a combination of genetics, environment and altered brain chemistry and structure play a role. While researchers are not certain about the significance of these changes, they indicate that schizophrenia is a brain disease

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Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder where people interpret reality differently. Schizophrenia may result in a combination of hallucinations, delusions and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that affects daily functioning, and can be disabling.

Schizophrenia is characterised by thoughts or experiences that are out of touch with reality, disorganised speech or behaviour and decreased participation in daily activities. Difficulty with concentration and memory.

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symptoms include

Delusions

Hallucinations

Confused speech and thoughts

Unusual behaviour

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Withdrawal from friends and family.

A drop in performance at school.

Difficulty sleeping.

Irritability or depressed mood.

Have no motivation.

Unusual behaviour.

Drug and alcohol use.

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About 1 in 100 people have or will develop schizophrenia during their life and it normally stays for their whole life.

Schizophrenia affects between 150,000 and 200,000 Australians.

The prevalence of schizophrenia in Australia is around 1.5% of the population.

Up to 50% of people with schizophrenia attempt suicide. 5% of people with schizophrenia actually commit suicide.

People with schizophrenia life expectancy is reduced by up to 18 years.