Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

[Daisydreamer]

Q7: @Jordan94 what support is available for people living with Schizophrenia?

[Mellymead]

Webster packs are helpful the chemist prepares them that way you can tell at a glance if you have had today’s medication
I can only comment on my personal experience and I would say staying on your medication is always the safest situation

[Jordan94]

Q7: @Jordan94 what support is available for people living with Schizophrenia?

Support is provided by various community managed organisations, such as One Door, and involve services such as our National Psychosocial Support Program (e.g., social recreation or transitioning to NDIS), family and carer programs that support  carers of people with mental health issues, hospital-2-home services, NDIS-based services such as centre-based services, allied health, and our Billingual support services. We have a link here: https://www.onedoor.org.au/

[Daisydreamer]

So many 'supports' @StuF 🙂 

[Daisydreamer]

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@Eden1919 wrote:

yes creativity is a great thing i find singing and doing art very soothing and healing. 

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💙💙 Singing and art are powerful healers and so grounding. It's sounds like creativity is something you and Sandy both share 🙂 

[Daisydreamer]

@Jordan94 One Door are doing a lot in to social support space, which is great. True recognition that mental health encompasses services from all areas including houses, social support, employment, etc 🙂 

[Eden1919]

What kind of crisis services are avaliable because i find lifeline and such dont really know how to deal with psychosis stuff very well? 

[StuF]

@Daisydreamer @Jordan94 

Not to bag, but I found recently that my local One Door only provides support for people on the NDIS (or transitioning to it). I'm on the DSP and it works for me, so I don't wish to change.

I'd just like it as an option for a social space where I can hang out with other people with lived experience.

Not totally bummed. I'm sure there's more demand than supply, but yeah

[Shaz51]

Hello @StuF , @Daisydreamer , my husband  loves music treapy  nice and  loud xx

[StuF]

@Shaz51 

Music..is there anything it Can't do?? 🙂