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Responding to Bipolar Psychotic Symptoms
As you learn how to manage your own illness, you might start noticing your symptoms. It can be scary to realize that you are headed for a psychotic episode, but it is possible to do things that lessen the severity of, or even avert, psychosis. -
Keys to Managing Schizophrenia
"Schizophrenia is not a hopeless situation—people living with schizophrenia can experience recovery and live fulfilling lives. I’m an example of that." -
Taking Another Look a Too-Often-Forgotten Treatment for Schizophrenia
We don’t endorse specific treatments at NAMI, but in my role as medical director, I always like to remind people about clozapine. The consensus in the medical community is that, generally speaking, it is an underutilized treatment.
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Understanding Psychotic Breaks
Psychosis is a complex mental health symptom that over 100,000 young people experience each year. Understand what causes psychosis, how to identify symptoms and how to support someone who may be experiencing it.