This booklet is about the care and treatment of people with schizophreniain the NHS in England and Wales. It explains guidance (advice) from NICE(the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). It is written forpeople with schizophrenia but it may also be useful for their families orcarers or for anyone with an interest in the condition.
The booklet is to help you understand the care and treatment optionsthat should be available in the NHS. It does not describe schizophreniaor the treatments for it in detail. A member of your healthcare teamshould discuss these with you. There are examples of questions youcould ask throughout this booklet to help you with this. You canget more information from the organisations listed on page 19.Medical terms printed inboldtype are explained on pages 17 and 18.

The advice in the NICE guideline covers: the care, treatment and support that adults (aged 18 and older) withschizophrenia should be offered. This includes people who developschizophrenia before they are 60 and continue to require treatmentafter this age.
It does not specifically look at: the care and treatment of people who develop schizophrenia afterthey are 60 the care provided for people younger than 18 except those who arereceiving treatment from early intervention services the treatment of other conditions that people with schizophreniamay often have, such as depression, anxiety orpersonality disorder.NICE has produced separate guidance about these and aboutpost-traumatic stress disorderand drug and alcohol problems.See the NICE website (www.nice.org.uk) for more information.

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