The Critical Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various clinical settings. haloperidol or clozapine) might either worsen or improve the person’s physical, mental and psychological wellbeing.

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Mental Health Psychiatric Schizophrenia Interventional 96

Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 1, 2020

However, this approach is rapidly changing as accumulating evidence shows that loneliness—the distressing feeling that our social relationships are not meeting our needs – has substantial negative impacts on mental and physical health and recovery. We know that loneliness is major problem in the general community. What reduces loneliness?

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Clinic Schizophrenia Psychiatry Psychology 52

Bipolar Bandit

JANUARY 23, 2024

Randye Kaye is the co-creator and host of the popular podcast, Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches. Her son, Ben, has been hospitalized over ten times for schizophrenia. Recently, though, in a brush with police not trained in Crisis intervention, he is currently incarcerated, awaiting a bed in a jail diversion program.

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Schizophrenia Interviewing Recovery Mental Health 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. This approach is called dual diagnosis treatment and is done to increase the individual's chance of long-term recovery. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Another option is to reach out to a mental health professional.

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Disorder Mental Health Self-harm Paranoia 96

Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2017

The stigma experienced because of one’s mental illness can in turn exacerbate psychological symptoms and deter treatment-use and recovery, thus further compromising an individual’s mental health (e.g., How can the experiences of persons with mental illness be considered when designing studies or interventions? doi:10.1192/bjp.177.1.4.

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Psychiatry Schizophrenia Psychology Empathy 59

Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 31, 2017

Would it speed your recovery, or slow it down? For example, when study subjects endorsed a brain (as opposed to environmental) cause for schizophrenia, they rated an affected individual as more likely to be dangerous and less likely to recover (Kvaale, Gottdiener, & Haslam, 2013).

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Mental Health Psychiatry Clinic Disorder 52