I just finished this documentary and loved coming across your video about it. My daughter's birth mom has schizophrenia and it was so heartbreaking to witness. She does not respond to treatment and her delusions unfortunately involved her children so she lost them all. At times she was completely lucid and very aware of what she was dealing with, but due to her struggle with medications it never lasted. She also had no family support and we live in an area with very poor access to the care she needs. She fell through the cracks and it's always made me so sad. If she'd just had better support (especially from a young age) what a difference it could have made.

@DoctorAdjoa

2 күн бұрын

@lonesapphire Thank you for sharing your story. You mention 3 very important things with Schizophrenia. Support is key. Medications are critical. And, while medications are very important and are effective in treating certain parts of the disease like hallucinations, they aren’t as effective on delusions which is where support from therapists and mental health providers come in.

Thank you for clarifying that not all people with Schizophrenia are violent. A lot clinical staff seem to think those with schizophrenia are dangerous, especially when the patient is black. There’s clearly racism in the medical community.

@DoctorAdjoa

Ай бұрын

There are those stigma and it’s important to dispel.

Just watched it

I found this documentary hard to swallow. I couldn’t even finish it. What I do know that “schizophrenia” was basically labeled for all psychosis back in the day. I personally disagree with the diagnosis, mainly with the violent tendencies. The very organized strict household, I sense there may have been trauma in the home. It would make more sense than 6 out of 12 children having actual schizophrenia.

@ethxo6734

Ай бұрын

That’s the point though. If they are genetically susiptible to schizophrenia AND were exposed to significant trauma that may have turned it on. Same for the drug use. Schizophrenia runs in my family as well. My grandma and her brother, and I have 2 cousins who also have schizophrenia.

@DoctorAdjoa

Ай бұрын

@pakobianco I understand how this could be hard to watch. Psychosis can happen in many types of mental disorders, primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but also in depression. And you are correct, there is a stigma that people with schizophrenia are violent and this is not true for many with the disease.

@DoctorAdjoa

Ай бұрын

@ethxo6734 You are correct in that many things can lead to the onset of schizophrenia like genetics, substance use, and trauma.

@lunaxz36

Ай бұрын

@@DoctorAdjoayea it sounds from the documentary it was all the above for the family, looks like a few of the older brothers were sexually abused by their priest, and I’m sure the younger brothers seeing the violence/chaos probably triggered theirs