Impact of schizophrenia on family
Impact of schizophrenia on family
-When a family member becomes ill with schizophrenia, it has a significant impact on the whole family: Ill member needs constant help, sometimes even in the care of everyday things, often becomes ineffective at work and is not able to contribute to the family. In addition, he/ she is often very sensitive to family relationships, but on the other hand, often withdraws from everyday family life. Family members have to find new ways of relation and communication. Often, the inactivity of schizophrenic patients is taken as laziness, which can be an additional burden in communication.
-Family members can have guilt feeling for various reasons like feeling of not being good enough parent/ partner or not being able to tolerate symptoms.
-The constant care of taking medication regularly and going to group therapy often becomes a daily routine for the person who cares for the patient.
-Caregiver sometimes have to take all responsibilities over the patient and make all decisions for her/him.
-In a case of reoccurrence of symptoms , caretaker sometimes has to persuade patient to go to the psychiatrist , hospital or even need to decide to take some difficult additional measures like contacting services ,GPs or police without permission of the ill person.
Impatto della schizofrenia sulla famiglia
Quando un membro della famiglia si ammala di schizofrenia, ha un impatto significativo su tutta la famiglia.
I membri della famiglia possono avere senso di colpa per vari motivi come la sensazione di non essere abbastanza buon genitore/ partner o non essere in grado di tollerare i sintomi.
La cura costante di prendere farmaci regolarmente e andare a terapia di gruppo spesso diventa una routine quotidiana per la persona che si prende cura del paziente.
I Caregiver a volte devono assumere tutte le responsabilità sul paziente e prendere tutte le decisioni per lei/ lui.
In un caso di recidiva dei sintomi, il caregiver a volte deve convincere il paziente ad andare allo psichiatra, ospedale o quando c’è bisogno di decidere se prendere alcune difficili misure aggiuntive come contattare i servizi, medico o polizia senza il permesso della persona malata.