The College has published updates of our schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder patient information resources, as well as a brand new resource on psychosis.
These resources were written with the valuable input of people with lived experience, and each resource describes the symptoms of the condition, what treatments are available, and what people can do to support themselves.
We hope these resources will be helpful to people with these conditions, as well as to their friends and family.
Psychosis
Psychosis is a term used to describe a group of symptoms. When someone is experiencing psychosis, their thoughts and feelings change so dramatically that they find it difficult to recognise what is real and what is not.
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Schizophrenia
People who live with schizophrenia can experience extreme differences in the way they perceive the world around them, and can find it difficult to recognise what is real and what is not.
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Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder is a severe mental illness. People who live with schizoaffective disorder can experience extreme differences in the way they perceive the world around them, and can find it difficult to tell what is real and what is not real. They can also experience extreme and distressing changes in their mood.
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Mental health resources
The College has produced a wide-range of readable, user-friendly and evidence-based information on mental health problems, treatments and other topics, written by qualified psychiatrists with help from patients and carers.
For further information, please contact:
- Email: press@rcpsych.ac.uk
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- Out-of-hours contact number: 07860 755896