Schizophrenia: Clinical And Personal Recovery Essay.

Experiences of Jeremy Oxley and Mary Oxley

The essay consists of one of the major disease, which is schizophrenia. While discussing about the disease it is worth mentioning that it is one of the primary mental illness. In explaining the term the example of an eminent Australian songwriter and singer, Jeremy who was the victim of the disease has been taken into account. He was the band member of one of the leading and popular band named Sunnyboy. The essay further concentrates on the difference between the clinical treatment and a good environment at home that makes a patient healthy and a rapid recovery. Jeremy`s Oxley`s wife Mary was a supportive wife and it is because of her that he recovered successfully and in a fast manner. The essay concludes with the suggestion of the treatment that the clinics and the doctors must offer to the mentally ill patients. Every patient behaves differently and the clinical faculty must understand every patients needs and should treat them accordingly.

This essay is mainly concerned about the experiences of Jeremy while he was going was suffering from a serious mental illness, later it was detected as schizophrenia. Initially Jeremy had some symptoms of the disease (Angermeyer, Matschinger, & Schomerus, 2013). The symptoms were as he used to have some audible hallucination followed by identity loss. Initially he did not believe that he suffered from any mental disorder. His brother Peter detected the disease in him but he refused to accept any kind of mental illness. It caused a distance between him and his brother, which resulted in an end up of their good relation. His wife Janet throughout supported him. He confessed to his wife that he was mad but his wife denied to accept this and rather replied him that it was not a bad thing to be sick. She supported him and assured that she never made a wrong choice in her life. She supported him during his treatment. Jeremy had to undergo a treatment of two years, his family supported him, and he received a healthy environment in his family (Australian, 2017). Both Jeremy and Mary faced a lot of struggle as they were about to marry each other. Mary showed a great amount of maturity on her part and with an optimistic nature took care of Mary. The environment she created in the house helped Jeremy to get well soon. For any mental health patient it is extremely important to have a good environment in house. Jeremy received that. Finally, with a religious medication for thirty years and a psychological treatment at his house he was able to cure him and finally was back again as a rock star (Canu, Agosta & Filippi, 2015).

Schizophrenia is a mental illness disease. It is a mental disorder and it disables a person`s ability to think. It is said that a person is having split personality while suffering from schizophrenia but it is not that in all the cases. It is sometimes different as well. The victims suffer from a year long symptoms of distress and disability in this disease. In spite of all these, there is a big chance for the victims to survive. Now there are huge chances of recovery from this disease. There are advanced medication provided for this disease now. In some cases, the victims improve gradually in a shorter period. In most cases, it takes a huge amount of time for the patient to recover (Dalén, 2015). However, there are many symptoms of this disease, which is actually called psychosis. This includes confused thinking in which the everyday thought of a person is confused. A patient of schizophrenia experiences confused state of mind. Another symptom is delusion, in which the patient suffers from paranoia. The patient undergoes certain false belief, which is not experienced by other persons of the same cultural background. Hallucination is another major symptom of this disease. In this, a person is able to see, hear and feel things, which does not exist. Only the patients suffering from this disease and nobody else experience such conditions (Hasan Et Al., 2012).

Symptoms and treatment of Schizophrenia

There are major six principles of schizophrenia. Firstly, it is the uniqueness of the individual. This includes that every individual is unique and the patients should be treated in a special manner. They should be medicated not for the sake of medicating but also should be treated in manner that they remain as a valuable citizen of the country. This includes a social quality of life. Every patient needs to be treated in a unique manner (Kagal Et Al., 2012). They should be treated in such a manner that they must feel that they are of prime importance and they are at the centre of medication and treatment. The next principle of treating these types of patients is to give them the real choice. They should be given the choice of how they would be liked to be treated. They should be given the choice whether they would want to be under medication. They should be made understand the importance of medication in this case. They should be made realized about how they want to live their life. The next principle is to make them realize about their rights and duties. This process includes to instill hope in an individual`s life so that he can live a normal and respectful life in future. It includes the protection of an individual`s legal and citizenship rights. The next principle includes the attainment of dignity and respect. It involves the rejection of discrimination towards the patients of this disease, which exists in our society (Merenlender-Wagner Et Al., 2014). It involves being dignified and courteous in all respects while dealing with the patients of schizophrenia. The next principle of treating this disease is to have a positive communication with the patients. They should be offered an optimistic environment and they should be given optimistic treatment. The final principle is the evolution of the recovery. The health care should keep a proper check on the patients after their treatment. The individuals should be taught to keep a proper track of their progress of recovery (Mestdagh, & Hansen, 2014).

Personal recovery is of prime importance in case of any mental illness. In case of Jeremy, it was important for him to recover himself from this disease. He initially indulged himself in things like alcohol, drugs. His family was tensed of the fact that he was slowly indulging himself in drugs and alcohol, which might result in accidents and even his death. Jeremy used to experience some audible hallucination, which included bad things about him by his mother and Peter (Rasic Et Al., 2013). They realized that Jeremy was going through certain pain. To release himself from the pain he indulged himself in drink and drive, which might result in accidents, and he might go in jail. Even his relationship with Mary was getting worse. They no more shared that bond which earlier they used to share. A distance was created in their relationship. It seemed as if there was nothing they could do about it. It was necessary for him to have a personal treatment. Mary wanted him to have a treatment. She encouraged him to go to the doctor and have a treatment. She wanted Jeremy to be normal again and have a control over the situation (Rector & Beck, 2012). She provided him with a proper environment for cure. Personal treatment includes one`s personal will to get cured. Mary instilled that wish in him and finally with the care of his family he was able to fight back and rock the stage again (Ricarte Et Al., 2012).

Six principles of treating patients with schizophrenia

Both clinical and personal recovery is essential in the case of any mental health issue. Clinical recovery is extremely essential as the doctors and nurses can treat any mental illness perfectly (Schomerus Et Al., 2012). Any mental illness is the outcome of the misbalance of nerves in a human`s mind and body. The medications are therefore important. The doctors should maintain the chemical composition properly which can be done only by the medicines and proper observation, which is available only in hospitals. It can take a longer time to get recover and cure a patient completely but this is an essential process. The psychological tests in this case are also essential which only an experienced doctor can provide to his patients. The personal care of the patients is also of prime importance (Taha Et Al., 2013). Mary was the one in his life who brought him back to his normal life. She simply replied him that being ill was not a crime but not going for treatment was definitely a crime. She provided him with all sorts of optimistic environment, which encouraged him to go for a proper treatment, and hence resulted in a permanent cure (Smith Et Al., 2013).

Thus from the above discussion this can be concluded that schizophrenia is a curable disease. It is a myth that the patients of mental illness should be avoided and they should not be taken seriously. This myth has changed in today`s world and it is seen differently now. The principles of the recovery should be followed and special measures should be taken to spread these principles among all the students in the entire world. The case of Jeremy and Mary is the best example of this case. The support of Mary and her optimistic approach towards the ill condition of Jeremy gave back Sunnyboy, the most important and rocking member of their band.

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