Schizophrenics: The Impact Of Mental Illness

that individuals life, you know so a full recovery for someone with a

brief drug induced, brief psychosis, you know that might be realistic.

But it is related to the individual and what the outlook for that

particular, their illness, would be’ (P 10)

‘I don’t think any mental illness has an end point. I mean depending on

what it is, if medication works for them then there might be middle

ground maybe. I don’t think for Schizophrenics or Bi Polars there is

ever an end point’ (P 11)

Enduring perceptions of chronicity and pessimistic outcomes for people with mental

illness results in the perpetuation of a barrier that significantly impacts their personal

recovery. That barrier is stigma.

The impact of mental illness is a global concern