Elderly people with schizophrenia

Elderly people also suffer from schizophrenia and was again the treatment of elderly patients maintained Breakthroughts or restart a normal function. It is a breakthrough medical and psychological very important to know how will patients to obtain independence on a daily basis and lead a normal life.

Scientific studies on old schizophrenia

A study that bathes in Geriatric Psychiatry American Journal deep treatment aimed to teach patients must develop physical independence and improve their quality of life of. This study is conducted despite the introduction of drugs designed to help the symptoms of schizophrenia.

The study is directed by Thomas l. Patterson, Dr.. University of California, San Diego. He has to try and ways, provide effective treatments for elderly patients of this mental condition as well as other mental disorder chronic severe. It is estimated that in the medication relieves nothing has symptoms, in order to improve the intellectual ability in the real world. It is therefore to his patients objective function normally in the whole of society, especially with older patients who are particularly vulnerable to this condition. It is intended to complement this lack of skill by various methods, better known as the FAST development could study, behavioural interventions knowledge and functional adaptation skills, training, then.

Behavioural interventions

It is one of the first team of researchers tested methods to improve service in schizophrenia in elderly patients. They believed that this method may be the healthiest and most promising for elderly patients, despite the fact that the previous tests on this method was especially young patient groups.

In fact, the way of behavioural interventions improve the function is a good start recycling or skills who lost in this process have been adjusted. It is given a cost-effective approach for the treatment of schizophrenia in most how dear old are treatments for mental illness. Putting emphasis on the search for an effective solution for this condition is also more urgent with the growing number of elderly people schizophrenia affected.

Functional adaptation or FAST skills

This therapeutic approach for the improvement of the function in elderly patients is schizophrenia until 24 sessions to complete the program. Each session lasts up to 2 hours and the ability of the patient to handle routine tasks such as commuting, improvements in medicine, General Manager Finance among other basic functions. With an average age of 32, the quick method for its effectiveness, in particular with participants to assess with a history of psychotic disorder emotional and only schizophrenia undergoes several volunteers.

Results when dealing with every day have been improved had shown a rapid method of treatment. These lingering effects for 3 months treatment.

Conclusion of the study

The main objective behind the study of the use of non-conventional methods for the treatment of schizophrenia as a behavioural response and adaptation skills functional is trained to help patients cope with everyday life variables, so you can easily handle the real world and all its complexity. Judging by this goal shows excellent results study. Although the success of rehabilitation appeared in small increments, it is quite significant in the real world work to improve the patients.