Psychosis, Different levels of Psychosis and other forms - Treatment
The treatment of psychosis depends on the cause or diagnosis or diagnoses (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and/ or substance intoxication). The first line treatment for many psychotic disorders is antipsychotic medication (oral or intramuscular injection), and sometimes hospitalization is needed. There is growing evidence that cognitive behavior therapy and family therapy can be effective in managing psychotic symptoms. When other treatments for psychosis are ineffective, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (aka shock treatment) is sometimes applied to relieve the underlying symptoms of psychosis due to depression. There is also increasing research suggesting that animal-assisted therapy can contribute to the improvement in general well-being of people with schizophrenia.
Treatment Centers Known
Schizophrenia Early Diagnosis and Treatment Clinics United States (15 Clinics)
- California - Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento
- Connecticut
- Illinois - Chicago
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts Boston Central , Boston/Jamaica Plain
- Michigan
- New York - Manhattan, Long Island
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Canada - Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
- Australia
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom & Ireland
- Germany
- Singapore
- Early Psychosis in Asia (Covering China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia
- Brazil
- Sweden
- France
- Spain
- Norway
- Finland
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands