© 2002 Oxford University Press
Living With Schizophrenia and Thriving in Remission: 10 Years of Stress and Crises
This article, written by a consumer of mental health services, focuses on four intermittent series of crisis episodes, applicable for persons with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, making it clear what lessons in crisis intervention the author learned from his clinician and/or family member. The author then relates how he used new coping strategies learned from his clinician to help avert future crises.
KEY WORDS: crisis intervention, schizophrenia, psychological crises, hallucinations, delusions, stress, mental illness, anti-psychotic medications