Are all people with psychosis necessarily a burden?
With today’s advances in medicine and the understanding of the brain psychosis is not an insurmountable barrier. While some people do become disabled as a result of chronic mental illness, many people who experience psychosis can, today, work and participate in family and social life, and live full and productive lives with appropriate treatment. How long should the patient take medicines? How long someone must take psychiatric medication depends on the individual and the disorder. Many depressed and anxious people may need medication for a single period – perhaps for several months – and then never need it again. Others may have to take medication indefinitely. It all depends on the individual body constitution and circumstances. The person has to decide whether it is worth the risk of suffering a life disrupting relapse at a critical period of life (marriage, career, children, family commitments, social commitments etc.).
