Family and Friends Perspective

This post is about my experience in trying to help a family member recover from schizophrenia and the role of family and friends. The role of the person who cares is a vitally important factor in a recovery. The nature of the illness is such that without an intervention of some sort, recovery, I imagine, is very rare. This is because people with schizophrenia usually lack self-awareness in respect of the illness and without that, their decisions tend to set them on a downward spiral. Unfortunately your task involves many challenges including that your attempts to help will probably not be appreciated.