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1. Schizophrenia

2.  is a serious mental disorder in which
people interpret reality abnormally.
Schizophrenia may result in some
combination of hallucinations, delusions,
and extremely disordered thinking and
behavior that impairs daily functioning,
and can be disabling. People with
schizophrenia require lifelong treatment.

5. How Is Schizophrenia Treated?
Medications: The primary medications used to treat
schizophrenia are called antipsychotics. These drugs don’t
cure schizophrenia but help relieve the most troubling
symptoms, including delusions, hallucinations, and thinking
problems.Older (commonly referred to as "first-generation")
antipsychotic medications used include:
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine HCL (Loxapine)
Perphenazine (Trilafon)
Thiothixene (Navane)
Trifluoperazine (Stelazine)

6. Newer ("atypical" or second-generation) drugs used to treat
schizophrenia include:
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Aripiprazole Lauroxil (Aristada)
Asenapine (Saphris)
Brexpiprazole (Rexulti)
Cariprazine (Vraylar)
Clozapine (Clozaril)
Iloperidone (Fanapt)
Lumateperone (Caplyta)
Lurasidone (Latuda)
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
Olanzapine/samidorphan (Lybalvi)
Paliperidone (Invega Sustenna)
Paliperidone (Invega Trinza)
Quetiapine (Seroquel)
Risperidone (Risperdal)
Ziprasidone (Geodon)

7. Coordinated specialty care (CSC): This is a team approach
toward treating schizophrenia when the first symptoms
appear. It combines medicine and therapy with social
services, employment, and educational interventions. The
family is involved as much as possible. Early treatment is key
to helping patients lead a normal life.
Psychosocial therapy: While medication may help relieve
symptoms of schizophrenia, various psychosocial
treatments can help with the behavioral, psychological,
social, and occupational problems that go with the illness.
Through therapy, patients also can learn to manage their
symptoms, identify early warning signs of relapse, and come
up with a relapse prevention plan.

8. Psychosocial therapies include:
Rehabilitation, which focuses on social skills and job training to help
people with schizophrenia function in the community and live as
independently as possible
Cognitive remediation, which involves learning techniques to make up
for problems with information processing. It often uses drills, coaching,
and computer-based exercises to strengthen mental skills that involve
attention, memory, planning, and organization.
Individual psychotherapy, which can help the person better understand
their illness, and learn coping and problem-solving skills
Family therapy, which can help families deal with a loved one who has
schizophrenia, enabling them to better help their loved one