BACKGROUND GAMIAN-Europe produced the Schizophrenia Companion Guide in 2016 as a tool for mental health patients, their families and their carers tounderstand schizophrenia, its symptoms and treatments. The guide is an essential document that explains the condition in...
We have all been affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic – and mental health has never been so much in the spotlight. This is an opportunity to underline the importance of mental health and to ensure appropriate understanding of the needs of patients, now as well as...
BACKGROUND Quality of life is a broad topic that encompasses a range different of areas such as life satisfaction, and multidimensional factors that include physical health, psychological state, level of independence, family, education, wealth, religious...
Many guides on schizophrenia are already available in many countries and in many languages, a few developed in partnership with patient organizations. An overview prepared for Otsuka and Lundbeck by Havas Just (April 2018), Schizophrenia and Psychosis Care and...
Agitation can be a common occurrence in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and dementia. Some research has attempted to define agitation. From the patients’ perspective this has been described as a feeling of unease, tension, restlessness and/or nervousness....
The high prevalence of mental disorders in the population is well recognized, and is estimated to be up to 33% annually. The treatment gap, the gap between the numbers of people with mental disorders and those receiving treatment, is also of great concern and a...
