* “What can we do as parents? My son always leaves his medication unfinished. His wife and we are doing our best, but unfortunately we are inadequate to continue his treatment.”
* “My wife takes her medicine, but there is no change. He locks himself at home, doesn't see anyone, doesn't engage in anything. That's all I'm saying, she doesn't make any effort herself."
* "As her mother, I find excuses for her to meet with her friends instead. She is 35 years old, she cannot establish relationships and communicate. I don't know what to do, I feel very sad.”
During the treatment process of the disease, there are things that the doctor, the patient's relative and most importantly the patient must do. The patient, doctor and patient's relative must act as a harmonious team.
The doctor manages the process and takes care of both the patient and the patient's relative. It organizes treatments (such as drug therapy, psychotherapy), provides training and gives necessary advice.
The patient's relative should neither display an "indifferent" attitude nor be "overly protective" while supporting his patient. The patient's relative, who gets ahead of the patient and assumes full responsibility, may negatively affect the treatment process.
The most important factor is the patient's awareness of his disease and his ownership of his treatment. A patient who takes on the management of his disease himself can protect himself against the disease and prevent relapses.
In order for a patient who has had a heart attack to avoid a second heart attack, he should know his own disease (such as the causes and symptoms of the heart attack), how the disease will progress. He needs to learn (in what situations can it recur?) and what needs to be done (such as quitting smoking, eating without salt, getting rid of excess weight). Unfortunately, it is not possible to find meaningless alternative solutions such as the doctor eating salt-free food instead of the patient or the patient's relative quitting smoking.
A similar situation is valid for psychiatric diseases. After the acute/first phase of the disease is overcome (the disease is suppressed with drug treatment), what should be done by increasing awareness during the psychotherapy process; It is to review the patient's previous lifestyle and make the necessary adjustments.
Increasing the success of the patient's life. Building self-confidence through awareness, increasing socialization and communication to reduce environmental sensitivity, and most importantly, stretching the rigidities in personality traits and teaching people to analyze their thoughts may be some of the arrangements that can be made to drain the swamp.
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