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Information to help you through your experience of psychosis and support your recovery
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There are many different myths about mental health problems and psychosis and they often contribute to the stigma that many people still face. It’s so important that we challenge these myths so we can understand the real facts around a mental illness and start you on your journey to an epic mind.
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“Schizophrenia means
you have a ‘split
personality’”Myth ? Fact
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The word schizophrenia means ‘split mind’ and this has caused a lot of confusion. Unhelpfully, schizophrenia is often confused with multiple personality disorder (or dissociative identity disorder). But, it doesn’t mean that you have two separate personalities.
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“People with psychosis
can’t work”Myth ? Fact
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You can get great help to find rewarding work through individual placement support.
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“As a parent or friend, there is nothing I can do to help my child or friend with their mental health”
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Friends and family can be vital in helping you seek and receive the treatment and services you need. They often help by reaching out to mental health services, learning and sharing facts about psychosis health, treating you with respect, and refusing to define you with labels and misleading stereotypes.
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“People with mental health illnesses and psychosis are usually violent and unpredictable”
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People with a mental illness and psychosis are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. If you have psychosis, you can be vulnerable and more likely to be a victim of crime. The behaviour of someone with psychosis may be strange, however they’re more likely to harm themselves than someone else.
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“Mental illnesses, such as psychosis, are the result of bad parenting”
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Most experts agree that a genetic susceptibility, combined with other risk factors, may lead to psychiatric disorders. However, there can be many causes that lead to psychosis and you can become ill even if you have warm, caring and loving parents.
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“Young people just go through ups and downs as part of puberty, it’s nothing”
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One in ten young people will experience a mental health problem. Psychosis tends to begin in late adolescence and early adulthood.
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