Combatting Stress and Motivational Problems in Psychoses

Abstract

Schizophrenia is thought to be stress induced and there are many things that can make it worse. Yet the mental health system can help with all of this. These include the added stresses of things that drove me mad in the first place, the onset of pain hallucinations, moving out of sheltered accommodation and others. This article is an account of the coping strategies and the techniques that have been useful in combatting the stresses that cause and perpetuate the illness. Finally it looks at what can help with the negative motivational symptoms of the illness.