People with schizophrenia can recover1,2.
The service users, their families,
communities and the health and social
care providers need to recognize such
a possibility and maintain realistic hope
during treatment1,
WHO
promotes global actions using guidelines
that are not only based on evidence but
also observe the human rights of service
users, which is why obtaining recovery has
been observed as one of the favourable
outcomes of access to services.33
http://www.who.int/mental_health/wor...paper_wfmh.pdf
The World Health Organization studies have also shown in the so called “developing” countries in which psychiatric drug use is quite rare, well over half of those diagnosed with schizophrenia have gone on to make full recoveries, compared to only about a third of those in the U.S. and other so called “developed” countries, where psychiatric drug use is much more common.
http://brainblogger.com/2012/05/29/f...schizophrenia/
From a Doctor at Saybrook University who recovered from Schizophrenia himself.
New hope for people with schizophrenia
A growing number of psychologists say recovery is possible with psychosocial rehabilitation.
At the most optimistic of times, the traditional treatment paradigm conceded that perhaps 10 percent to 20 percent of those with schizophrenia might achieve recovery. But proponents of the recovery movement point to data that shows as high as 68 percent rate of recovery and significant improvement.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb00/schizophrenia.aspx
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