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Medication and Therapy vs
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Treatment effectiveness for Schizophrenia has been argued for
years
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This issue is important because there is a portion of our population that have
this life-long disease, and they aren’t being helped in a way that’s best for them
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Figuring out the best or more effective way to treat or
cure Schizophrenia is widely argued and studies have been done specifically for these arguments
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It has been
studied and looked into for years
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However, with the improvement of medicine we've been able to
establish patterns, connections, and treatment options
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The disease affects more men than women and
is life-long
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The negative symptoms of Schizophrenia are: apathy, show little to no emotion,
poor social skills, etc
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They are usually paired with psychotherapy in most cases
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They also lack
social experience as well as skills
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Core symptoms of Schizophrenia have been proven to be resistant to treatment with
medication alone
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The development of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques for mood and

anxiety disorders for individuals with more severe mental disabilities have been improving
significantly over the years
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You can also get
them anywhere from week to week or month to month, depending on the individual
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The largest
problem with this treatment option is the individual’s willingness to comply and take their
medication
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This greatly affects the patient as well as their relatives and loved ones
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Medications have little to no effect on the negative symptoms of Schizophrenia
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Medication and
therapy combined would help effectively treat a patient with Schizophrenia
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Psychosocial
therapy paired with the medication that an individual would have to take is proven most effective
for the individual patient
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It’s
adjustable to the individual so that it is more effective than one hundred different individuals
trying the same thing that only really impacts three out of the one hundred
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A study was done to compare the most effective treatment for Schizophrenia
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Some things to keep in mind when viewing the results are: the study
was a randomized controlled trial with 1268 patients and two years of observation
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The two possible groups the patients could be put in were medication only
or medication and twelve months of intervention which include: psychoeducation, family
intervention, skills training, and cognitive behavior therapy administered in forty-eight group
sessions
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Rates of treatment discontinuation or change due to any cause were
32
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8 percent in the medication-only group
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Patients
receiving the combined treatment had a lower risk of discontinuation, change, relapse, and
instead gained a better insight, quality of life, and social functioning
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com, medications work successfully to control symptoms in
the majority of patients
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Though most antipsychotic medication doesn't specifically target or even help negative and
cognitive symptoms, second-generation antipsychotic medicine, also known as atypical
antipsychotic medication, have been known to help treat negative and cognitive symptoms in

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Patients often have to try more than one medication to moderate or completely control positive
symptoms
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Although an important element, medication alone will not effectively help
patients with Schizophrenia enjoy life even in their conditions
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Many patients and their families choose
to use psychosocial and cognitive therapy along with their medication
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Those same
studies also concluded that psychotherapy was not a suitable method of treatment for
Schizophrenia alone as well
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24 April 2016
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Title: Medication and Therapy vs Medication Alone in Schizophrenia Patients
Description: This document is an essay written on the effects of medicine and therapy against medicine alone for patients with schizophrenia. This is a simple college essay that can be used in medicine, biology, and or an English class. It is written in a contrast/argumentative style. There are all cited information, as well as, a bibliography. Cited sources throughout the text are in a footnote form, which is not a common APA and MLA format. Feel free to convert the footnotes to proper citations. Simply download the document and convert it to a Word document (using adobe) and edit from there. (This essay was originally written for ENG 111 taken at a local community college, the information is correct and was thoroughly researched. The grammar in the essay is mostly correct the author used the free version of Grammarly. Double check if you need too, it is recommended.)

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