Schizophrenia affects not only the patient suffering from the symptoms, but the family members of the affected patient, community members and the nursing/ medical team caring for the affected patient.
2. Do you think a patient’s diagnosis of schizophrenia is easily accepted, it’s treatment compliance and acceptance of the diagnosis by the patient’s family differs based on culture? If yes, give examples. If no, give a reason.
3. Why do you think some schizophrenics have a hard time staying on medication?
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To some extent, I think and believe that it takes a lot for people to accept the diagnosis of their mental illness. The greatest percentage of the population has never come to the reality concerning mental illness like schizophrenia. They associate such a sickness with things like substance abuse making the diagnosis of schizophrenia a total failure in most parts. I also believe that treatment compliance and acceptance of the diagnosis by the patient’s family is not a culture based issue. People living with patients with schizophrenia goes through the same predicaments regardless of their culture. For instance the subjective burden of psychological and emotional effects schizophrenia cut across all the cultures.
