The traditional medicine model and the holistic-contextual model are used in the article, “New Approach to Treat Schizophrenia”. In most cases of Schizophrenia, the main treatment for healing this mental illness is through practicing the traditional medical model. Patients are brought under medical control where they are diagnosed and treated by a physician. Patients are treated with strong doses of antipsychotic drugs that cause hallucinations and delusions that include intolerable side effects such as experiencing tremors and severe weight gain. The practice of medicine rests solidly on a biomedical approach meaning that every ailment has a specific pathogenic cause that is treated best by removing or controlling the cause within a biomedical
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It is possible that someone can carry genes associated to schizophrenia so it can sometimes run in the family, but for some people schizophrenia can be triggered by environmental stressors early in a child’s development. There is no real definite way to prevent schizophrenia, but there is research that can minimize the chances of developing the disorder. There any many important steps individuals and families can take to avoid or lower the risk of schizophrenia. In order to live a healthy lifestyle, it is important to avoid drugs at all costs and limit alcohol consumption. Exposure to drugs and alcohol can be extremely damaging to brain development and increase risks of psychosis. Another important impact is to socialize. During early stages of psychosis people experience depression, anxiety, and suspicion. Socializing can aid in stress reduction, not feeling lonely, and to keep busy. To better the environment, it it best to avoid abusive and traumatic situations, such as being involved in a abusive relationship. Taking care of the overall health is key to living a health, long life. By applying the social-epidemiological model to the study of schizophrenia, researchers can focus on making sure patients are eliminating environmental stressors and taking …show more content…
There is no specific test that can truly diagnose this mental disorder. Because the symptoms of schizophrenia are truly overwhelming, it is great to have learned that there is an effective holistic treatment that is sufficient to end unnecessary strong dosages of drugs for victims of schizophrenia. I have always been captivated by mental health illnesses and always wondered how do you treat them. It opened my eyes to see how many victims of schizophrenia have gone through high dosages of antipsychotic drugs and have to deal with serious side effects that most of the time the individuals stop the medication because the side effects are unbearable. This study took 7 years and when I first read this article I was instantly hooked to this topic because it is something I really sympathize with and was excited to learn that there was a better alternative to treating patients then with the usual drug-focused care. I personally found the whole concept of this article to be attention-grabbing because in the typical U.S. health care system, the primary treatment of illness is through medicine. I thought it was really fascinating to learn that a bio-psycho-social approach was successful and found best to significantly improve patients with first-episode psychosis as opposed to just with medication. This study was designed
It is possible that someone can carry genes associated to schizophrenia so it can sometimes run in the family, but for some people schizophrenia can be triggered by environmental stressors early in a child’s development. There is no real definite way to prevent schizophrenia, but there is research that can minimize the chances of developing the disorder. There any many important steps individuals and families can take to avoid or lower the risk of schizophrenia. In order to live a healthy lifestyle, it is important to avoid drugs at all costs and limit alcohol consumption. Exposure to drugs and alcohol can be extremely damaging to brain development and increase risks of psychosis. Another important impact is to socialize. During early stages of psychosis people experience depression, anxiety, and suspicion. Socializing can aid in stress reduction, not feeling lonely, and to keep busy. To better the environment, it it best to avoid abusive and traumatic situations, such as being involved in a abusive relationship. Taking care of the overall health is key to living a health, long life. By applying the social-epidemiological model to the study of schizophrenia, researchers can focus on making sure patients are eliminating environmental stressors and taking …show more content…
There is no specific test that can truly diagnose this mental disorder. Because the symptoms of schizophrenia are truly overwhelming, it is great to have learned that there is an effective holistic treatment that is sufficient to end unnecessary strong dosages of drugs for victims of schizophrenia. I have always been captivated by mental health illnesses and always wondered how do you treat them. It opened my eyes to see how many victims of schizophrenia have gone through high dosages of antipsychotic drugs and have to deal with serious side effects that most of the time the individuals stop the medication because the side effects are unbearable. This study took 7 years and when I first read this article I was instantly hooked to this topic because it is something I really sympathize with and was excited to learn that there was a better alternative to treating patients then with the usual drug-focused care. I personally found the whole concept of this article to be attention-grabbing because in the typical U.S. health care system, the primary treatment of illness is through medicine. I thought it was really fascinating to learn that a bio-psycho-social approach was successful and found best to significantly improve patients with first-episode psychosis as opposed to just with medication. This study was designed