DAVE DAVIS:
Part of schizophrenia
is not being able to recognize
that the person has the illness.
Delusions are a part
of thinking-- a kind
of false thinking--
that the person
with schizophrenia
can't be convinced that it's
wrong.
If a person starts to have
a relapse, call the psychiatrist
immediately.
Get the psychiatrist to evaluate
the person as soon as possible.
If you can't reach
a psychiatrist,
go to the emergency room.
The longer you delay, the worst
things are going to be.
And we believe that every time
that the schizophrenic
individual has a relapse,
that they lose some ground.
So over a long period of time,
this is often
a deteriorating illness.
So a big part of our efforts
is always to prevent
these relapses.
